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WC 420 - Dragonfly
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WC 420 - Dragonfly

by Rob Graham

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted February 21, 2010123 views8 comments
When I took the original image 2.5 years ago, I was excited to have finally captured a dragonfly in flight. Revisiting the image for this challenge, and with a more critical eye, I'm still happy to have captured the dragonfly in flight, but not as happy with the overall sharpness/focus. I reworked the image with a couple of filters, creating a more artistic rendition.

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Rob Graham on February 21, 2010 at 10:46 PM
Thanks, Cindy. Stan has always said that photoart is fine in a Weekly Challenge.
Registered on August 22, 2006, 842 Posts, 2824 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 21, 2010 at 10:55 PM
Rob: This is over the top :cool: ! Splendid creation. >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Pelzmann on February 21, 2010 at 11:59 PM
The filter worked very well for this "electric" dragonfly.
Registered on January 26, 2005, 27 Posts, 265 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on February 22, 2010 at 5:22 AM
I'll refrain from saying anything bad about fractalius... :wink:
I like the fly, Rob, some super colors too. :wavey:
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
Comment posted by Wayne Jones on February 22, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Nice flight shot (at least I think it must have been before the filter), which is difficult, to say the least, even if it was not as sharp as you wanted. A fun treatment with the filter. Looks like it's about to shoot down it's prey with a jolt of electricity.
Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments
Comment posted by mark cillo on February 22, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Cool colors and I like the texture rendered in the BG :wavey:
Registered on July 27, 2008, 143 Posts, 1483 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 23, 2010 at 6:38 PM
I really like this Rob, it looks like a neon dragon!
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments
Comment posted by Sally King on February 28, 2010 at 11:03 AM
Lovely dragon. The filters were used with great creativity and the end product is wonderful.
Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments