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Calico Pennant

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 4, 20184,969 views7 comments

I'm still getting used to the gadgetry of the D500. I waited for the sun to go behind the clouds and I fired away. I also used an off camera flash set -2ev for fill. Colors are nice and rich and I reduced the saturation of cyan and yellow for the BG. D500 420mm (300mm f4 +1.4x Tc; 1/125 sec at f16, Iso 640) Levels, Shadows & Highlights, Hue & saturation, Topaz Detail, Crop for comp, Rubber stamp tool for OOF stick removal............................Jim

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 4, 2018 at 6:04 PM

This looks great, Jim. The eye stands out especially well and the details in the abdomen and thorax as well as the perch pop nicely.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 4, 2018 at 7:31 PM

Jim, really nice detail on head and bod, and fine BG.
That little black spot near the bottom could go...

Sandy

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on July 4, 2018 at 7:36 PM

Hi Sand y and Mark. Thank you for the critiques. Sandy, the dark spot has been edited....................Jim

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 6, 2018 at 8:17 AM

Fine DF image, Jim, with excellent detail, a nice pose, and a great bg.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 6, 2018 at 8:56 AM

Jim
Beautiful capture! Tack sharp, clean bg, nice color rendition. Love this

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on July 7, 2018 at 3:40 AM

Jim ...a df week ..i looks like. A beatiful image of the df with a cracker of a bg, very complimenting..

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on July 9, 2018 at 7:54 PM

Excellent detail in this dragonfly Jim! Beautiful light and color. Lovely BG.

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