Ken Childs
01-07-2012, 12:39 PM
Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 400mm
Manual mode
1/200"
F16
ISO 200
Canon 430EX: On, Fired
HH
ACR and CS5
Last November I found this pair of Blue-faced Meadowhawks, AKA Sympetrum ambiguum, working on creating the next generation near a neighbor's pond. They flew around for awhile and then settled down on this leaf. It was a bad location for a good shot with poor lighting and things in the FG to cause distractions but I crouched down in the bushes and took the shot anyway, hoping I could get something worthwhile out of Photoshop.
CW rotation, cropped, removed second catchlights created by the flash, removed OOF leaves from the LRC and lower bottom center, cloned away and painted over numerous reflections of the flash, lightened upper 1/4 of BG, NR on the BG, SH, contrast, high-pass and smart sharpening with extra sharpening done on the wings and heads.
Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 400mm
Manual mode
1/200"
F16
ISO 200
Canon 430EX: On, Fired
HH
ACR and CS5
Last November I found this pair of Blue-faced Meadowhawks, AKA Sympetrum ambiguum, working on creating the next generation near a neighbor's pond. They flew around for awhile and then settled down on this leaf. It was a bad location for a good shot with poor lighting and things in the FG to cause distractions but I crouched down in the bushes and took the shot anyway, hoping I could get something worthwhile out of Photoshop.
CW rotation, cropped, removed second catchlights created by the flash, removed OOF leaves from the LRC and lower bottom center, cloned away and painted over numerous reflections of the flash, lightened upper 1/4 of BG, NR on the BG, SH, contrast, high-pass and smart sharpening with extra sharpening done on the wings and heads.