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comments, suggestions?

...the white haze in the centre? Is the insect moving? (If so: shame on you and use a faster speed next time :-))

 

I note that you use the famous "Luck" brand of exposure meter. In that case, you did pretty well.

 

My problems are these:

 

1. The animal isn't really sharp, is it?

 

2. Uniform black background may be fine for zoological exhibits, but then it has to be sharp (see point 1).

 

You are almost there. Tell thestupid thing to sit STILL, get a green/yellow pattern for background, stoop down until the whole thing is in focus, meter (get yoursel a new meter...) and shoot!

 

Easy to say, I know.

Thank you Allan, It is great to have a forum of your peers available at a keystroke. Close examination of the original slide reveals that the insect's thorax (I think that's it - the bit with the legs coming out of it-) is critically sharp. However, being Kodachrome 64 in a cardboard mount, (not elite 200)I suspect it wasn't totally flat in the scanner (photo CD). The tonality is also the pits compared to the slide, another pitfall of scanning Kodachrome. There should be some greens in the background, parts of that sad looking spider plant that had yet to succumb to my neglect. As for the hazy bit in the middle, I'm stumped unless it's some weird kind of flare resulting from having the lens reversed. Of course if could do it over, I'd rent a bellows and some studio strobes. Thanks for your comments, they're always welcome. When all else fails, blame the scanner:)