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Bill Nuttall
10-31-2016, 01:12 PM
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)
SW France

I think that it is a Female rather than an immature Male
D7100 + 300mm f4 AF_S + 1.4TC
1/60th – f22 - ISO400
42% Crop

LR - NR was a bind - I'll finish it when I have 30 mins to spare

small tripod

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Steve Maxson
11-04-2016, 01:25 PM
A nice head-on pose with good detail throughout your subject! IMO, the spider webs add interest (though others may disagree). The background is pleasingly OOF, but the bright areas are drawing my eye away from the dragonfly. Also, the tip of the perch seems overly bright. I think the image would be noticeably stronger if you selectively toned down those areas. (This would be fairly easy if you have Nik Viveza 2 - a photoshop plugin - on your computer.) :S3:

Jonathan Ashton
11-04-2016, 03:19 PM
Very nice indeed, I would suggest though that optical performance would not be optimal at such a small aperture. I agree with Steve's comments regarding brightness.
Viveza and Color Efex are very useful tools to have available.

Bill Nuttall
11-04-2016, 05:24 PM
Thanks Steve
I felt the splay of light areas in the bg contrasted with the 4 wings and added some backlight

Thanks Jonathan

f22 = I wanted the DOF on that shot