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Dragon on Lily

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 28, 2010160 views13 comments

Since there are so many DF post lately, I am joining the party with this one captured yesterday at the HK Wetland Park. I am equivocating on whether to clone out the submerged stem running across the image and would be interested to hear your view.

D90 300mmF4 iso200 F8 1/40 HH resting on railing of the walk way. Thanks for viewing and C&C appreciated.

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13 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 28, 2010 at 12:32 AM

Gorgeous shot!
Great colors and detail.
I'd vote "yes" to cloning out the light reed.
Sandy r

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Sam Rua on June 28, 2010 at 12:51 AM

Fantastic perch, Gary. Count my vote as "yes" for removing the OOF reed.

Registered on September 9, 2006, 130 Posts, 2281 Comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on June 28, 2010 at 6:19 AM

Awesome shot, Gary. Wonderful tender colors and fine details.

(Instead of clone out the stem, what about to crop to square?)
Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 28, 2010 at 6:38 AM

Never seen a golden dragonfly around here and its huge! When I get one on the water flowers it is usually a tiny little thing. You've captured both the df and the waterlily beautifully. Yes, take out the stem.

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on June 28, 2010 at 8:17 AM

Man, Gary - this is spectacular. The dragonfly looks like a piece of jewelery, and the flower is gorgeous.

Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments

Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on June 28, 2010 at 10:26 AM

Gorgeous shot Gary, excellent details, color and composition. Very well done. I also vote to clone out th stem in the background.

Registered on July 12, 2009, 92 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on June 28, 2010 at 12:20 PM

Gary,
superb image! I agree with others about cloning out the stem. Great capture.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by mark cillo on June 28, 2010 at 1:39 PM

Great detail and beautiful image!

Registered on July 27, 2008, 143 Posts, 1483 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Gilham on June 28, 2010 at 1:41 PM

What a great shot Gary. This is the kind of shot I've been trying to get, unsucessfully so far. You have great depth, tack sharp focus, and a very complimentary clean BG except for the oof twig....clone it would be my opinion. What a great image..well done

Registered on September 20, 2009, 77 Posts, 489 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Cubit on June 28, 2010 at 1:45 PM

Well Gary, I think I would call that a “meteoric” rise up the learning curve with your new 300mm f/4 lens! This ranks as one of my top favorite captures of yours, to date. It is nice to see what can be done with this lens in the hands of a consummate perfectionist.

As far as the OOF stem, when I first opened the image I did not notice it. Only when I put on my nit-picking hat did it draw my attention. I think it could be argued that the color, location and arced form help balance and complement the BF. However, I’d probably remove it to avoid possible issues for some viewers. How's that for waffling on the issue!

Bob

Registered on August 26, 2007, 3 Posts, 30 Comments

Comment posted by wade pettitt on June 28, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Gary . this Image rocks. Everything about it is awesome. I thought you would love the new lens and you are putting it to good use. Well done!!.

Registered on May 6, 2009, 184 Posts, 471 Comments

Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on June 30, 2010 at 3:48 AM

Wonderful colors and lights :)

Registered on March 3, 2007, 122 Posts, 778 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on December 3, 2010 at 3:22 PM

superb image- colours, details, and background are perfect- well done, fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments