dragonfly

[Paolo Piazza]

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/7087/6m3y2930.jpg

f 7.1 1/1600 EC -0.3 420 mm iso 1600

mark III and 300 2.8 with 1.4 X TC

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Paolo

Way cool pose and neat bg !!! Might try selecting the bright white area in the by color then feather and multiply. Will tone down some, then select the bug and lighten the body just a little. To finish it off I've had great results with Topaz 3 Will post below so you can judge and .. does get rid of noise ... a little sharpening

[Stephen Stephen]

Paolo very nice pose here. This is not the normal dragonfly image that one normally sees.

[Julie Kenward]

Paolo, nice pose! I do think the repost adds some definite improvements in sharpness and light. I think this is definitely worth playing around with.

What did you do as far as post-processing? Any lighting adjustments at all?

[Christopher Miller]

Love the head-on pose, Paolo! Like the improvements Al made too. Personally I think the BG leaf is a bit distracting. Toning it down might help.

PS. BTW this is actually a damselfly :)