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Halloween Pennant

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 11, 201089 views7 comments

Been shooting these pennants last couple of days. Wanted to see how close I could get, and this is the result. The DF was in the obelisk postion trying to keep cool. I wish I could have diffused the sun a bit avoiding the blown spot on the eye. Lost alot of deatil in the eye with the resizing.

D300 w/Tamron 90mm
f/11
1/400
iso 320
EC -0.7
Handheld
Full Frame

All comments and critique welcomed and appreciated.
Large version provided for critique

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 11, 2010 at 5:26 PM

Excellent detail, Doug. The background is great and I like the way the backlighting illuminates the body hairs. Just one small nit, the hotspot on the back of the left eye, easily tamed.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 11, 2010 at 10:58 PM

Doug:
Well done for getting so close to the DF. The details of the thorax and wings are fantastic. The details in the eyes are better seen in the larger version. Taming the hotspot will make this image rock.

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Comment posted by Sam Rua on August 12, 2010 at 12:47 AM

Nice close-up, Doug. The brighter BG (sky?) is a bit unfortunate as it would be neat to see this against a more uniform BG. The bright area on the eye is not too objectionable and could be easily worked on.

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Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on August 12, 2010 at 7:29 AM

Nice close persepctive with excellent details. I like the backlight feel to this as well

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Comment posted by jamie pringle on August 12, 2010 at 8:46 PM

Doug, good detail of the eyes and wings in a difficult light angle

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Comment posted by Doug Benner on August 13, 2010 at 9:33 PM

Really nice capture, Doug. Love it.

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Comment posted by Rashed Al Falasi on August 19, 2010 at 8:05 PM

very excellent shot

like it !

Registered on August 17, 2010, 1 Posts, 16 Comments