Azure Damselfly

[nick clayton]

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Dunholme, Lincolnshire, UK. 01/06/14

Canon 7D
Sigma 180mm f3.5 Macro Lens

0.6 Sec @ f16
+1/3 EV
Aperture priority
ISO 100
Pattern

RAW converted with Canon DPP

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Curves
Saturation
Selective Color
Color Balance
Nik Software - Dfine 2.0 noise reduction - background only
Photoshop USM

[John Robinson]

Nice one Nick- very different. I reckon a closer crop would emphasise the head area which is the point of interest. The head area is great- reminds me of some of the guys we used to see in Lincoln on a saturday night when I played with the band !!
Cheers
John

[nick clayton]

Thanks John. Some strange looking guys in Lincoln, sounds about right. :bg3:

[Jonathan Ashton]

Wow that's a belter- super definition/detail. No complaints at all regarding presentation, although I do not think for one minute it would be overexposed I think I may be tempted to lower the brightness on (for want of a better description) his chin. This image really grabs my attention, I keep looking again and again. Hmm just maybe lower all the highlights a little?? Only suggestions I am sure you checked this out prior to presentation and you decided this was the one.

[nick clayton]

Thanks John and Jonathan. I have cropped a bit off the bottom of the image and selected the highlights and used Nik detail extractor at 70 %. I also felt that maybe the background was a touch to saturated so I have reduced the saturation in the yellows.

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[Diane Miller]

Amazing!!

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Nick. A very eye-catching in-your-face shot! Excellent detail within your DOF. After comparing the OP and repost, I think I prefer the OP - because of the saturation. The repost with its more muted colors (not just the greens/yellows, but the blues as well) seems to have lost some of the punch of the original. :S3: