Beginner SOOC vs my Processing

[Orangecroc]

SOOC
spiderSOOC by Ben Gray, on Flickr

Mine
spider web 010817 by Ben Gray, on Flickr

SOOC
FlySOOC by Ben Gray, on Flickr

Mine
Fly Fence 010817 by Ben Gray, on Flickr

SOOC
CricketSOOC3 by Ben Gray, on Flickr

Mine
Cricket 010817(1) by Ben Gray, on Flickr

Lost the SOOC of this one, so just my own processing.
Cricket 010817 by Ben Gray, on Flickr

 

[davholla]

Good improvements.

 

[Graham]

Looking good there

 

[petersmart]

I did a small edit to bring out the colours a bit more:

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[Fuji Dave]

You did well Ben, nice set

 

[Orangecroc]

I did a small edit to bring out the colours a bit more:

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I got to this stage at one point in my process but found the green in the grass too strong.

 

[Orangecroc]

Thankyou guys. I was just glad to get focus and no camera shake this time around after the first attempts.

 

[petersmart]

Thankyou guys. I was just glad to get focus and no camera shake this time around after the first attempts.

Well it is a pretty good shot - almost every time I try to get one of these they hop away!

 

[Orangecroc]

Well it is a pretty good shot - almost every time I try to get one of these they hop away!

Yeah, first time, he did. Fortunately I saw where he landed. Moved some grass out of the way and he hopped off again, and luckily saw the landing again.