Posted by Stuart McCrae on August 17, 2007 at 4:25 PM
Bought myself some extension tubes,and while in the garden experimenting this young lady landed in a bush next to me.
Not sure about the BG..a bit messy.
Posted by Rob Howard on August 17, 2007 at 5:01 PM
Hi Stuart,
What a cracker. For me the BG is out of focus enough not to be distracting and my eyes stay firmly on the Dragonfly. Pin sharp with great colours and a good composition, my only minor nit is toward the bottom of the frame and close to her right wing tip, have you done some cloning? as something does'nt look quite right??
Where abouts in Suffolk are you? I'm in the west near Sudbury.
Regards
Rob
Posted by Stuart McCrae on August 17, 2007 at 5:09 PM
Hi Rob,
Thanks.
Yes small amount of clonning,which as you can see I'm not very good at....
I'm near stowmarket,not far from you.
Posted by Rob Howard on August 17, 2007 at 5:40 PM
Hi Stuart,
No not far at all, if you fancy meeting up sometime give me a shout and I'll be more than happy to show you around my "patch"
Regards
Rob
Posted by Rob Howard on August 17, 2007 at 6:11 PM
Hi Stuart,
You have no email link on NPN, so sorry to post this on main forum but I am on two weeks holiday at the moment until 3rd of sept so if you fancy meeting up in the next couple of weeks we can try and arrange something, drop me an email or call me (number on photographers contatct page) and let me know how you are set.
Regards
Rob
Posted by Andy Astbury on August 18, 2007 at 3:19 AM
Very nice image Stuart
BG works for me just fine - just a pity about the cloning artefacts - have another go with perhaps a much softer brush (very rare I do and cloning above 10% hardness, and when doing an area of flat colour you are best unticking the Aligned check box, clone stamp, then go over the area with a healing brush.
Posted by David Kjaer on August 18, 2007 at 4:28 AM
Hi Stuart
A little tight in the frame but otherwise very nice!
David
Posted by Rob Fisher on August 18, 2007 at 4:56 AM
Stuart,
I like this. Pin sharp, and the background is suitably out of focus.
I've been thinking of getting some extension tubes for my 100-400mm, so am really interested in how well your image has turned out.
As said a touch tight in the frame, but great sharpness..... certainly shows ahat is possible from the ext tube/1-400 combo, I often use a slightly similar combo of tubes and a 300/4 every bit as good as a dedicated c/u-macro lens.
Discussion
11 repliesNot sure about the BG..a bit messy.
Stu.
400d + 100-400L + 68mm tubes,tripod + remote release.1/4 crop approx.
Focal length: 365.0mm
Exposure time:1/160
Aperture: f/10.0
ISO equiv.: 400
Exposure bias: -0.33
What a cracker. For me the BG is out of focus enough not to be distracting and my eyes stay firmly on the Dragonfly. Pin sharp with great colours and a good composition, my only minor nit is toward the bottom of the frame and close to her right wing tip, have you done some cloning? as something does'nt look quite right??
Where abouts in Suffolk are you? I'm in the west near Sudbury.
Regards
Rob
Thanks.
Yes small amount of clonning,which as you can see I'm not very good at....
I'm near stowmarket,not far from you.
No not far at all, if you fancy meeting up sometime give me a shout and I'll be more than happy to show you around my "patch"
Regards
Rob
You have no email link on NPN, so sorry to post this on main forum but I am on two weeks holiday at the moment until 3rd of sept so if you fancy meeting up in the next couple of weeks we can try and arrange something, drop me an email or call me (number on photographers contatct page) and let me know how you are set.
Regards
Rob
BG works for me just fine - just a pity about the cloning artefacts - have another go with perhaps a much softer brush (very rare I do and cloning above 10% hardness, and when doing an area of flat colour you are best unticking the Aligned check box, clone stamp, then go over the area with a healing brush.
A little tight in the frame but otherwise very nice!
David
I like this. Pin sharp, and the background is suitably out of focus.
I've been thinking of getting some extension tubes for my 100-400mm, so am really interested in how well your image has turned out.
Rob
Alan
Andy,Thanks for the cloning tips,It's one of those hit and miss things for me at the momment,will give it a go with your suggestions.
Stu.
As said a touch tight in the frame, but great sharpness..... certainly shows ahat is possible from the ext tube/1-400 combo, I often use a slightly similar combo of tubes and a 300/4 every bit as good as a dedicated c/u-macro lens.
nice one