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Dynamic Equilibrium

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted February 28, 2010149 views4 comments

Photograph taken on June 3, 2008 at The Celery Farm, Allendale, New Jersey. It took me a few hours, and tremendous luck, to get this picture. Dragonflies and Damselflies were going on and off the branch. There was a very faint breeze, and the leaf was slowly floating around. I was hoping that it would come closer at the right time. When it finally happened, I could not have hoped for a better composition.

Nikon D3, Nikon 200-400mm with 2X teleconverter, f/20.0, 1/125, ISO 800.

Would appreciate your thoughts.
Kumar

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 1, 2010 at 1:26 AM

I agree that the comp is great!
Overall, seems kind of "flat", though - I think you were losing light and had to pump up the ISO and lost some detail.
Maybe some extra tweaking would help..
Sandy r

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

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on March 1, 2010 at 4:51 PM

Very nice reflection here; I fond the composition a bit too tight, both at the top and at the bottom IMHO.

D&L

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

Comment posted by jamie pringle on March 1, 2010 at 6:02 PM

Great symmetry in this photo. Might be a tiny bit tight, but I think you needed to do this because of the size of the subjects. Might have lost a little bit of sharpness by using the 2X.

Registered on August 10, 2005, 323 Posts, 1216 Comments

Comment posted by Timothy Epp on March 6, 2010 at 7:32 PM

I'm loving the scene Kumar. I agree with the others that a bit more punch would make this image even better. Patience paid off for you!

Registered on January 1, 2009, 72 Posts, 333 Comments