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Teneral Emperor Pt.II

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Posted by Brett Lewis on June 4, 2010 at 8:53 AM
.. This time the full specimen. I came to accept that the wings would not be in focus partly because they were vibrating as they were being plumped up and because of the position they were in. I concentrated on the body and the rest of the detail in the frame and hope it works?

Your comments are very welcome.

Kind regards,

Brett


Canon 1D MKIII, Sigma 150 Macro
1/50 sec @ f10, ISO 200, Tripod
Posted by Matt Cole on June 4, 2010 at 9:09 AM
I much prefer that one Brett, lovely background too. It looks a bit dark on my monitor.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on June 4, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Impressive shot of this large Dragonfly! Love the muted tones in this one though it is a bit dark.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Calum Dickson on June 4, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Never seen one of these so can't comment on the darkness, but the shot works for me.

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Calum
Posted by Phil Shaw on June 4, 2010 at 12:43 PM
I like the detail in the image and particularly like the background you were able to capture, but I think the "tight-in-the-frame" police are coming for you :biggrin:
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 4, 2010 at 1:43 PM
Well that's as near perfect as you'll get Brett - can't really find anything to pick fault with apart from there's PERHAPS a wee bit of blue/cyan in there, but I'm undecided on that.

Much better comp than the first one - cracking job Brett :toast:
Posted by Andy Gregory on June 4, 2010 at 1:58 PM
A stunning shot Brett, I am jealous. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Karen Summers on June 4, 2010 at 3:00 PM
very good image
Posted by Mark Davies on June 5, 2010 at 8:36 AM
That'll do .A touch of curves to 220/30 ish and gamma to 0.85 seals the deal for me.
Posted by David Taylor on June 5, 2010 at 10:33 AM
BIF, excellent. :smile: :wink:

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Posted by Phil Mclean on June 5, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Excellent Brett.The only thing I might do is clone out the top of the plant so that it looks like it naturally finishes within the frame.

Phil. :toast: :smile:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on June 5, 2010 at 4:47 PM
Colour looks fine to me. Might have preferred a little more room on top but thats a minute niggle. Cracking image Brett. :toast: