Dragonfly

[Jerry Calhoun]

http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/%3CfontThis was shot in my backyard on a tripod in live view.
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/50
Av( Aperture Value ) 2.8
ISO Speed 100
Lens EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Focal Length 100.0mm
Flash On
Flash Type External E-TTL
AF Mode Manual focusing
AF area select mode Manual selection

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[Ken Childs]

Hi Jerry, welcome to BPN!

This one is a little hard to critique because of the small photo size. If you could post a larger version based on the posting guidelines, it would help us to get you the critiques you want. :)

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Jerry,
Welcome to the forum! :oold like you have a good pose and perch.....although at the small size it is tough to judge the critical sharpness. On this end.....it looks good on the body. I realize that you used to tame that BG but while the softness of it is good, I would prefer a touch more DOF and see if you could reposition to get a more even toned BG. Either against the green or the sky?......would have been preferable IMO. Looking at the specs.....1/50 sec, SS is risky....even with the flash so you could pump the ISO a bit more to get it to 1/100 or use it to up the DOF. If you make these decisions B4 you shoot.....less likely to spook the DF of have him fly away due to changing settings. Push the 7D as far as you can on the ISO front......adding speed or DOF then become much easier decisions. Just some ideas to keep in mind when in the field and welcome to the forum again!

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Jerry. Welcome to Macro! My first comment is that this image is quite small and that makes it difficult to evaluate critically. Please note that you can post images up to 1024 pixels on the horizontal side and up to 800 pixels on the vertical side. Having said that, it appears that the dragonfly is sharp and you captured a good pose in even light - it does not look "flashed." Some of the bright areas of the background could be toned down or painted over with green at a low opacity as they tend to draw my eye away from your cool subject. :) I hope to see more of your work!

(I see Ken and Roman were posting as I was writing this - so there is a little repetition in our comments.) :)

[Jerry Calhoun]

Hi Jerry. Welcome to Macro! My first comment is that this image is quite small and that makes it difficult to evaluate critically. Please note that you can post images up to 1024 pixels on the horizontal side and up to 800 pixels on the vertical side. Having said that, it appears that the dragonfly is sharp and you captured a good pose in even light - it does not look "flashed." Some of the bright areas of the background could be toned down or painted over with green at a low opacity as they tend to draw my eye away from your cool subject. :) I hope to see more of your work!

(I see Ken and Roman were posting as I was writing this - so there is a little repetition in our comments.) :)

Sorry about that. Even when you click on the pic to link to Flickr the image is still to small? That stinks I will work on that for next time. Thanks for the info. Have a good rest of the week.

[Roman Kurywczak]

No problem Jerry,
The image is a bit bigger and easier to see when clicked on. So even that size would be preferable. I will see if I can find the link in the tutorial as to how you can link it to flickr and gett it to you.

[Ken Childs]

Hey Jerry, when I PM'd the instructions for posting from Flickr, I forgot one important step. After clicking on 'Grab the HTML/BBcode' choose the size before copying the code. :o


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