Meditation !

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 4, 2014144 views5 comments

I was elated to watch the behaviour of this Dragonfly. It was sitting calmly on an extended branch of a small plant, as if it got completely immersed in the serenity of nature. I started shooting lying low on the ground and tried to get close as much as I could. The intention was to make an image that would show the mystic environment rendered by the tall trees in the backdrop and the warm light filtered through the branches.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on November 4, 2014 at 11:37 AM

Well-spotted, Sandipan. I like the concept and the placement of the subject. I think the only thing holding it back is the thicker patches of black on the right side, since the orange speckled background really is great.

Max

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on November 5, 2014 at 12:26 PM

I really like this Sandipan, think you did really well seeing the opportunity to get this shot, do wonder how it would look with a bit tighter crop maybe loosing a bit from the right ,just a personal view of course and knowing me could be very wrong.
Pleased you showed us this image.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 6, 2014 at 9:39 AM

I like the silhouetted dragonfly against the fine warm background. As presented this makes an interesting minimalist statement. As someone who does lots of macro/close up work, I think a significantly closer view (or with a much longer lens) would tell the same story while letting the dragonfly silhouette play a larger role...I imagine an image using the lower left 1/4 of this view...

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 7, 2014 at 8:19 AM

Hi Sandipan,

I like this shot - high graphic appeal. I do agree with the idea of cropping from the right to remove some of the visually-heavy darker regions (especially the bulk of the widest black region). Then - if image was mine - I'd crop from top to return image to original aspect ratio.

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on November 8, 2014 at 10:24 AM

Thanks everybody. Appreciate your feedback. Please see the updated one:

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