Posted by Brett Lewis on July 29, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Just recently at one of my Adder sites I had a large number of these damselflies appear. However in these sunny conditions they do not sit still for very long and so getting shots of them among the long grasses has proved difficult if not a little frustrating especially when trying to position the tripod legs without disturbing them..! Also, I have left in the guano since it's nature and an 'as-is' kind of shot, so leave in or take out..?
Anyway, Hope you are all having a good start to the week and hope to catch up with posts over the coming days.
Thanks for your comments, having looked at the image now several times over. I'll have to agree that there is something going on with the colour. At first i thought it was right but I have now looked at it in several modes via PS (CS3) and compared it with other shots I've taken of similar species. I'll have to concede that there must have been a hue of colouration reflecting onto the subject at the time I took the image which is very difficult to correct. Oh, well.. More for the bin and try again..
I definitely wouldn't bin it - a quick tweak will sort out any minor colour problems, even though I'm not convinced that there's a real problem here. Common blue damselflies can also be very variable in colour (often pinkish), especially as they come out of the teneral phase, which may explain what you think is a reflected colour.
Agree with Mark, and this almost looks natural. Go into levels, select the blue channel and bring the black slider closer to the left side of the histogram. Does it look better then?
Lovely detailed image, I would leave the colour alone as most damselflys do take some time to get there full colour. And I would say this one is not quite there, as the blue strips on the legs are also still very pale.
Hi Folks, thanks for the encouragement. Maybe I will leave it alone and use it as an example of the colour phases from the teneral stage to the 'full plumage'.. There were a number of teneral individuals around as well so I guess this all makes sense.
Discussion
14 repliesAnyway, Hope you are all having a good start to the week and hope to catch up with posts over the coming days.
Kind regards,
Brett.
Canon 30D, Sigma 150mm, Benro Tripod, F7.1 @ 1/25,
DB's...! Size & Sharpening in PS
Oh and i say clone out the poo.
Dave
Ian
Cheers
JR
Clean up the poo
Cheers guys..
Brett.
I definitely wouldn't bin it - a quick tweak will sort out any minor colour problems, even though I'm not convinced that there's a real problem here. Common blue damselflies can also be very variable in colour (often pinkish), especially as they come out of the teneral phase, which may explain what you think is a reflected colour.
Mark
Dave
Lovely detailed image, I would leave the colour alone as most damselflys do take some time to get there full colour. And I would say this one is not quite there, as the blue strips on the legs are also still very pale.
I think the poo would have to go for me.
David
Matt
Kind regards, much appreciated.
Brett
Oh... I would leave as is.