Halloween Pennant

[David Chauvin]

From an abandoned field near home.

30D, Sigma 180f3.5, 1.4x, 1/20 sec, f11, iso 100, ~80% of original frame, ambient light

David
South Louisiana

[Mike Gallo]

David, this is just great.Love the dof, sharpness. Not quite sure about the plant coming right off of the corner.

[Fabs Forns]

Great detail in the neat profile. I agree on the plant shooting out of the corner as a negative, since it empahsizes the rectangular shape of the frame. Cropping a bit off the right would solve that.

Great going!!!

[Alfred Forns]

Another vote for moving it out the corner. All else just perfect for my taste !! Stunning !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Great image,
I like the details on the wings...:D Also agree on the grass blade shooting from the corner...:eek:

[Dave Slaughter]

What phenomenal colors and sharpness. Very beautiful picture!

[John Cooper]

A spectacular dragonfly capture David. Excellent detail, exposure and BG!! Top shot!!!

[Stephen Stephen]

Great details and colours here David.

'd like to pose a questions to the experts who've mentioned cropping some from the right side. What about cropping some (~ 1-1.25") from the bottom instead? It would move the plant stem from the corner as well yet still give the dragonfly space to "look" into.

[Mike Moats]

Hey David, another excellent image and I don't mind the perch entering from the corner.

[Sharna Lee]

WOW! What a beautiful bug! *I said that?* lol

David, This is so stunning to me. I haven't gotten a chance to look around the forum much but I intend to keep tabs on your work and how you shoot. This is great. Thanks for sharing.

Sharna

[David Chauvin]

Thanks for all the input everyone. I've gone back to the original file and tried several different crops,,,,,,,adding to the right, taking some away, from the bottom, etc. But I keep coming back to the original as having the best feel to my eye. Guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. ;) I truly do appreciate the different viewpoints. :)