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Four-spotted Skimmer

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted January 14, 2013243 views7 comments

Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata) photographed last summer and processed in Viveza 2. I'm using the trial and am at the begin of the learning curve.

7D, Sigma 150 macro, f/8.0, ISO 500, 1/160 sec, HH, natural light, PP in LR4 and Viveza 2 (exploring Structure). Minor crop for composition. Vignette.

I wish there was more dof for the wings. Offending twig cloned away.

All your comments are much appreciated. Thanks for your comments on my other photos. Roger.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on January 14, 2013 at 8:00 AM

Excellent, Roger. No nits from me. OK, maybe a bit more focus in the wing tips, but no biggie there. There is certainly enough to see the structure well, and you more than make up for it with the excellent detail in the head and thorax while maintaining the nicely blurred bg. The processing looks spot on.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on January 14, 2013 at 2:35 PM

Great capture, Roger. Yes, more dof on the wings would be nice but I think it is also fine as is. You have the body in good focus which is what counts. And great job for handheld! I like the angled perch of the skimmer and the angled grasses. I think cloning out the one grass at his tail might be worth exploring. With the shadow, I find it a bit distracting. Good job processing.

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Comment posted by David Bush on January 14, 2013 at 5:06 PM

Nice work! More of the wings would be nice, but I like it.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 89 Posts, 317 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 14, 2013 at 7:40 PM

Agree on the DOF, but a very minor issue to me. Lovely detail on the rest of the Skimmer's body! I would be tempted to clone out the two grass blades, one behind the skimmer and the other in the LRHC.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on January 14, 2013 at 11:29 PM

Roger thats a beauty sitting there ...and BG and those stalks of grass all perfect ..yes as the others have told a little more dof would have been good.

Balan Vinod

Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on January 20, 2013 at 12:52 PM

The basal wing colors and the grass work well and I like the detail--nicely done......Jim

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Comment posted by Holly Morris on January 28, 2013 at 9:30 PM

I like the detail...sometimes, I know they're hard to capture. Don't really have any complaints...
HollyMorris

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