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Dragonfly on Day Lily

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 6, 201052 views4 comments

Here's a photo I took last summer. I would have liked to get the entire face sharp, however the wind was blowing the flower around a little and I didn't dare close my aperture down any more for my shutter speed was already quite slow. MY ISO was already at 800 with a Canon XT so I didn't dare increase that any more either. I focused on the eyes and took what I could get.
Manual Exposure, 1/45 sec, F8, ISO 800, Canon 100mm macro, early evening, low light, no flash.
Thanks for looking and all C&C welcomed.
Large version included.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 6, 2010 at 10:56 PM

John:
You are venturing into dangerous territory as capturing DF can be 'addictive'. The is a really cool shot and you have done well here. The eyes are really sharp especially in the larger version where the geometric structures are visible. Interesting placement and framing with the wings intersecting across the frame. I also like how the BG fades away with a nice bokeh. Well done.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on July 6, 2010 at 11:27 PM

Now that's a coloful background! Thanks for including the larger shot, it really show the details of the eyes. Good job under challenging conditions.

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Comment posted by Katja Rosvall on July 7, 2010 at 2:24 AM

I agree with Gary and Wayne: well done to get this in those circumstances. I especially like the colour of the bg, which brings out the critter. Good job!

Registered on August 16, 2009, 28 Posts, 636 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on July 7, 2010 at 1:18 PM

Really cool point of view. Excellent cameramanship.

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