Bug Hunter

[Christopher Miller]

Dragonflies are one of my favorite insects to photograph. This one had just caught some bug and was eating it.

Olympus SP-550 UZ
f4.0 @ 1/500, ISO 100, -1.0 EV
Aperture priority mode
Natural light
Processed in Photoshop CS2; cropped, curves adjustment, shadow/highlight, slight saturation increase, noise reduction, and sharpening

[Katie Rupp]

Wow, that sure is a detailed close-up view. It looks like you had some harsh light as there are some hot spots. I admire your skill, dragonflys don't usually sit still for long.

[Gus Cobos]

Well composed and executed Christopher...I like the sharp details and the color rendition...would suggest running some noise reduction on the background...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks Katie and Gus for your comments and suggestions.

Christopher

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Christopher Neat catch !! Grabbing insects eating insects is not an easy thing !! Big Congrats !!!

I think I would try framing a little different with more room up front or zooming more on the catch if possible !!!

[Christopher Miller]

Alfred, Thanks for your suggestion. I'll experiment with cropping it differently.