Black Darter covered in dew

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11 replies

Posted by Guy Rogers on July 19, 2008 at 12:53 PM

Canon 10D, Sigma 180mm, F16, iso 100, 1/30, Tripo, Cable release.

Taken three years ago, I have blended four images together to get the depth of field needed to get the whole image sharp.

Posted by Major Gilbert on July 19, 2008 at 1:35 PM

Guy its a great subject with all that dew etc but feel you may have overdone it on the sharpening turning the wings into a frosted appearance. I may be wrong of course.

Major.

Posted by Edwin kats on July 19, 2008 at 4:30 PM

Very nice and well captured. I would really want to see a close-up just of the wings. I bet it would like diamonds and pearls.

Edwin Kats

Posted by Alan Bryant on July 19, 2008 at 5:21 PM

Looks great to me

Nice stacking aswell

Posted by John Robinson on July 19, 2008 at 5:41 PM

Yes great shot but I feel the frosted look is a lilltle overpowering. Great teqnique (?) though.
Cheers
JohnR

Posted by Dave Courtenay on July 19, 2008 at 6:16 PM

Works for me-nicely done

Posted by Brett Lewis on July 20, 2008 at 4:24 AM

It works for me but I'm wondering why there isn't any dew on the grass stem..? Did you use a mister..?

Brett

Posted by eric weight on July 20, 2008 at 11:55 AM

I suspect that this looks even better at full res. Even so I like it a lot.

Eric

Posted by Guy Rogers on July 20, 2008 at 12:48 PM

Hello Brett.

Thanks for your comment.

No mister used this is as is, the only thing done was to use a couple of canes to move the long grasses out of the way to make for a clear background.

Hello Eric.

You are quite right looks a lot better at full at full res. The low res image as suffered I think due to the amount of detail in the wings.

Posted by Elliott Neep on July 20, 2008 at 1:18 PM

Works for me too... Stunning in fact. It looks like a diamond broach-pin! Excellent technique.

Posted by Matt Cole on July 20, 2008 at 3:44 PM

looks great to me Guy and top marks for the blending of the images. It's worked a treat.

Matt

Posted by David Kjaer on July 22, 2008 at 6:40 PM

Love it!

David