Jerry van Dijk
11-03-2008, 04:09 PM
Panasonic DMC-FZ18, handheld (IS), 83 mm (500 mm DSLR equivalent), ISO-100, F/4.2, 1/125 sec., pattern metering, EC 0, RAW. Increased sharpness and contrast a little.
This Common darter (Sympetrum striolatum) female kept returning to her perch in my vegetable garden, only to jump up from time to time to grab some passing insect for lunch. Ample time for some photographs! I posted the sideview earlier in this thread (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=22468). If you get to spend some time with these dragons, you start noticing the amount of detail in their colors!
Doubted for a long time on the crop on this image and came up with the one presented here. Cropping more of the top to get the df out of the center line gave a very tight feeling, even when I included more canvas on the bottom. Any suggestions?
- Jerry -
This Common darter (Sympetrum striolatum) female kept returning to her perch in my vegetable garden, only to jump up from time to time to grab some passing insect for lunch. Ample time for some photographs! I posted the sideview earlier in this thread (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=22468). If you get to spend some time with these dragons, you start noticing the amount of detail in their colors!
Doubted for a long time on the crop on this image and came up with the one presented here. Cropping more of the top to get the df out of the center line gave a very tight feeling, even when I included more canvas on the bottom. Any suggestions?
- Jerry -