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Banded Darters on Fire

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 6, 2010143 views10 comments

Hi Guys,

Here's another from my tour around Holland with fellow UKNP member Barry Southon this weekend. I took him to a lot of places from my Roe Deer sites to Spoonbills and from the recently posted Buzzard to Snipe etc etc.

Yesterday however we went over to my favorite place to photograph Banded Darters wich is a very scarse type of Dragonfly for The Netherlands and as we got there around 06.00 o'clock the sun was just about to rise and we where able to get a nice series of backlit shots.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: F 8
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: - 1 1/3
Flash:yes: Canon MT 24EX with custom made raiser & Gary Fong Puffer Diffusers
Flash exposure compensation: -1 2/3
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 200
Lens: Canon 200mm F2.8 + 20mm Macro ext. tubes
Focal length:
AF mode: Manual Focus
On tripod an Wimberley Head
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/My own mix-Sharpening
Bibble Pro / Adobe Photoshop CS5

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Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Robert Ganz on September 6, 2010 at 8:38 AM

One of my favorite subjects, presented in such beautiful light makes this just a pleasure to look at. The added flash brings out the wings and body detail just enough....thanks for sharing all the details.

Cheers,

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on September 6, 2010 at 9:42 AM

This is really great!! Love the intense colors. The dragonflys a positioned very nicely. Fantastic image.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by jamie pringle on September 6, 2010 at 2:24 PM

Great job of getting both in focus. I like the way the colors show through their wings. The background is lovely!

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on September 6, 2010 at 2:40 PM

Simply awesome ! Neatly composed. Very artistic. Having seen so many single close-ups of dragonflies with typical smooth BG and 'sharp from head-to-tail' etc etc, this one is really refreshing.
Loved the colours throughout and the translucent wings. Also liked the subtle details on its body. Very creative use of BG and light.

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Comment posted by Paula Dittrick on September 6, 2010 at 4:39 PM

Really neat image, and I agree, thanks for all the details about camera and flash settings.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on September 6, 2010 at 9:56 PM

Fantastic shot, Jeroen. The lighting and comp are wonderful.

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on September 7, 2010 at 3:59 PM

Hey Jeroen, very artisitc comp, love the warm feel.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 7, 2010 at 8:19 PM

Jeroen:
Just fantastic and top-notched dragonfly shot. Beautiful warm lighting and nice sharp details in both DF.