Holloween Pennant Dragonfly
I captured this image early yesterday morning at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. The morning was overcast with a white sky for the background. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm
1/1000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV +1 1/3 ISO 900 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
www.amazinglight.smugmug.com
Hi Joseph,
I like the composition but the dragonfly's body seems to have a fair amount of noise. Was this a large crop or did you lift shadows a good bit on the body?
Allen
I like the pose, overall sharpness, and the eye level shooting angle. Allen makes a good point about the noise on the body - you might try some selective NR there. Under these lighting conditions a little fill flash might help to bring out the colors in the body.
Agree with the other comments, but still love that high key look.
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