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Eight Spotted Skimmer
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Eight Spotted Skimmer

by Neven Dries

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 19, 201070 views4 comments
I found this buzzing around the edges of a local river with about 100 others. Seems most were too far or too close (they kept landing about 2' away and thats way too close for this lens), even this one was about 15 feet away.

canon 7d, tamron 200-400 @ 390mm, raw, f8, 1/500 sec, ISO 400. Taken freehand with no filters. Cropped to about 1/4 original frame for size. Photoshop ACR and CS5 used to lighten the background.

C&C appreciated

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 19, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Neven:
I like the wing pattern on this DF, looks really cool. The simplicity of the comp is also great. The DF slightly soft but acceptable for HH a long lens.
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Comment posted by Ed Cordes on July 19, 2010 at 7:58 PM
I really like these guys. Considering the crop this image looks pretty good. I do wish the face were pointing at us. But you take what you can get.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 451 Posts, 3366 Comments
Comment posted by Katja Rosvall on July 21, 2010 at 3:14 AM
I like the comp a lot with the critter in the corner, and the view on the pretty wings. It's a tiny bit soft like Gary said, but perfectly fine at normal size. Great shot!
Registered on August 16, 2009, 28 Posts, 636 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Moats on July 25, 2010 at 6:50 AM
Like the the comp, good details on the d-fly and like the orbs in the BG.
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