Focus on the Fly
by WonderDude

Comment by shadowdoc31:
Congratulations on a great image, and a new all-time personal high score!

Focus on the Fly
by WonderDude

Comment by PennyStreet:
beautifully layered,

Focus on the Fly
by WonderDude

Comment by markwiley:
I can get sucked into a good flower/bug macro. Well done.

Piped Graffiti
by WonderDude

Comment by Pangurban:
Clever idea but I'm not a great fan of the processing.

Focus on the Fly
by WonderDude

Comment by illini75:
I like that you left more of the background in and didn't center the flower

Focus on the Fly
by WonderDude

Comment by Revecca:
I like the muted tones here and the way the fly looks almost iridescent, yet still subtle.

Piped Graffiti
by WonderDude

Comment by jnenvir:
Looks like it became low contrast in post processing

Looking for an late afternoon snack
by WonderDude

Comment by shadowdoc31:
Interesting wording of your title... nice color saturation!

The Fisher's Priceless Family Portrait
by WonderDude

Comment by sidpixel:
*Hello from Sid and the critique club*

An interesting image that does not meet the challenge fully.

I find the idea that you still have your childhood toys quite appealing and your crop has enabled you to fill most but not all of the frame and the areas where you are not filling the frame are more detrimental than beneficial to the image. The bokeh whilst normally desirable in this instance is quite distracting given the nature of the challenge but the worst area is that on the right which has no place in the context of this image. I think a square crop of the figures on the left would have worked much better than this it would have filled the frame more effectively without any of the aforementioned distractions.

Perhaps a little -EC would have improved the exposure in reducing the highlights and also saturating the colours more, though the pastel shades are themselves quite attractive.

Thanks for your submission, Sid

Focus on the Fly
by WonderDude

Comment by Pangurban:
Clever placing of background flower to reinforce the subject in the foreground.