Night suspension Banded Dragonfly

Having spent a most enjoyable three days in Jerone Stels company I'm sorting through countless shots from Holland.

This is my starter on the dark side and my effort to make something different.

Sunrise just starting I don't do early mornings but I do now.

Canon 1D3 tripod Canon 180mm f/3.5L Macro ISO200 180mm f/10 1/250sec.
I set the flash but it didn't fire which I feel was a lucky break.

Thanks for looking.

Comments Advice Critique most welcome.

Hi Barry,

Good to see you posting some of your results down here also.
I think this one is rather on the dark side and needs a bit of "Shadow/Highlight" and curves adjustments in Photoshop. Also the light band on the left is a bit distracting. I also sharpened the image a bit more.

I tried to correct the image as mentioned above for you..

Enjoyed your company and glad you arrived home safely!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Great image, needs some work like Jeroen did but lots of potential!

Lovely image, Barry and I echo Jorne's comment on this one.

A very different and beautiful image barry,amazing light on the subject.Wonderful

Hi Barry

afraid the processing lets the shot down Jeroens edit looks much better and revels the true potential of it

Thanks for the comments and as you correctly mentioned processing would make all the difference my knowledge in that direction is sadly lacking I just seem to make a pigs ear of any adjustments.

I do have a few more that I'm really very pleased with so in my book it's a little progress.

Having not being present at this subject I find it difficult to pass comment other than that perhaps the use of a reflector might have worked out better had there been sufficient light to reflect.

Major