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Seaside Dragonlet

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 4, 2011117 views4 comments

There were literally thousands of these dragons at the nearby marsh . . . was tough to decide which one to photograph. I would like to try getting there very early one morning when they are hopefully covered in dew or the lighting is better as it's not easy coming up with a creative way to shoot these bugs.

Nikon D300s 105mm VR HH
f/7.1
1/1000s
ISO 400

Full Frame, minor adjustments in CS5 on 27" iMac

- Luke

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 4, 2011 at 10:19 PM

Tastefully done, Luke with sky as the backdrop. If it was possible at all, you could have come parallel to the body of the dragon completely.

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Comment posted by Morgan Casey on July 5, 2011 at 9:49 AM

Wonderful detail and focus on the eye. The comp works nicely as well.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 5, 2011 at 2:27 PM

Like that sky BG and POV with the face & thorax sharp and clear..You're exactly right, hard to come up creative ways to shoot em', all you can do is concentrate of the tech side & hope for the best

Well done Luke.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 5, 2011 at 9:35 PM

Luke:
Good looking image and sharp where it counts. I always look around for the nicest df with pristine wings settling on a nice perch but sometimes you just have to settle with one that is easy to frame with clean bg and shoot without getting your shoes wet.

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