by Wayne Jones
I wanted to portray this calico pennant perched above his territory, wathching for prey, but I got too close to include a lot of habitat in the frame. In post, I added some real estate from other shots I made at the time, to give this the more expansive feel I wanted. I like to get close to insects for the detail, but I find now that I am appreciating wider shots to tell the story of the critter.
This dragonfly seemed to be hunting well even though it was carrying dozens of hitch-hiking water mites.
Canon 7D2; Sigma 150mm. Macro + 1.4X TC
1/320 sec. @ f/9; ISO 320, on monopod
Four exposures hand-blended to get most of the wings in focus (I shoot fast bursts when the subject or camera are moving, and I often find that some of the exposures have parts of the subject in sharper focus than others, so I use the best parts.)
Comments
5 commentsHi Wayne,
I like how the perch dissolves into the greenery at the bottom. The CP has some excellent detail best viewed in the larger version. The hand blending appears to have worked well in capturing all the details...................Jim
ps.: I like your loon photo from the Why Nature Photography-Volume I. One of many gems I saw in the clip
.........JEZ
I think this view works very well, Wayne. The df is nicely sharp, wingtip to wingtip (and that's hard), and large enough to show good details. The background fits well also. That is an amazing collection of mites, where it looks like the mites have mites. There does look to be a processing glitch above the first node from the bottom and the oof leaf hanging down from the lowest branching point.
Well made and processed, Wayne. I wouldn't have known if you hadn't told me.
Hi Wayne, very nice composition, with nice detail and phase out into the foliage at the bottom. The stem just needs a slight realignment about a quarter of the way up. With the browns on the right offering a nice counterpoint i would be tempted to just lighten the dark tones on the very right ever so slightly.
Cheers, Mark
I lkie the way the perch and the dragonfly just seem to be floating in the image. They standout nicely for the background also. I also like that the whole dragonfly is sharp and infocus.