Saddlebags Dragonfly

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 22, 201160 views5 comments

Jagged-Edged Saddlebags Dragonfly, Tramea lacerata. I find this DF to be difficult to find perched. I see them flying around most warm days but seldom do they perch. This day about a week or so ago this one co-operated.

E-5, 50mm F2 macro + 1.4 TC
1/800 sec @ F8, -1.0EV
flash off
spot metering
ISO 500
manual focus

Large version

Thanks for comments and critique

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on September 22, 2011 at 9:51 PM

Fantastic detail you captured here Charlie! If this were mine I'd likely apply selective NR on the background.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 23, 2011 at 4:56 PM

Charlie,
I love the wings texture superbly captured and the perfect comp. Really, really nice.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on September 23, 2011 at 5:36 PM

Well done, Charlie. The detail is spot on and I also like the comp.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on September 24, 2011 at 8:11 AM

HI Charlie,

You captured some nice detail on the dragonfly and the background is anything but distracting! I agree with Ashley about how the background could benefit from a little noise reduction. To my eye the image is slightly over-exposed and could benefit from a global decrease in exposure (I'm guessing by about 1/2 stop).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on September 24, 2011 at 4:49 PM

Ashley and Brad. Don't want you to think I'm ignoring your suggestions. I've spent a little time on selective sharpness and reducing exposure a bit. Nothing I have done seems to me to be much improvement. I'll likely give it some more time and if I come up with anything that I think is an improvement I'll post it.

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments