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Halloween Pennant

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 25, 201166 views5 comments

One of the aspects of nature photography I love is that it encourages me to learn. I can't take a photo of anything without investigating what species it is, and learn about its habits, etc. along the way.

Dragonflies were all just dragonflies before I started photographing them.

Nikon D300; 300mm; f7.1@ 1/1000th, ISO 400; HH;approx. 60%FF.

All comments most welcome, especially concerning composition.

Thanks for looking!

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM

Contrast, color, exposure, detail, and BG all come together here for a very pleasing frame Tom.
I might consider a clone of the seed head bottom left is all.
Well done!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Roger Leekam on July 25, 2011 at 1:10 PM

Great detail, light & color. I would consider cropping at least 1/3 off the bottom & perhaps cloning out seed head on the right. Good background also.

Registered on May 28, 2009, 83 Posts, 646 Comments

Comment posted by Thomas Miller on July 25, 2011 at 3:33 PM

nice detail

Registered on March 10, 2011, 56 Posts, 56 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on July 25, 2011 at 5:06 PM

Very nice shot, Tom. Ilike the classic pose and in particular the BG, that is full of colours but not distracting.
I can understand very well what you say about photography and learning.
Congrats

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 26, 2011 at 2:22 AM

Tom:
Nice DF on a nice perch and beautiful bg. Lovely capture. I might consider cropping the left to remove the seedhead.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments