Interesting, good timing! Although you did well getting the head in focus, I think cranking up the ISO for a greater DOF (like f11) and getting most of the dragonfly in focus would have been better, but that could just be me. I also think the shutter speed was either too slow ( if you wanted to freeze the motion), or too fast( if you wanted a wing blur to indicate motion). Again, just my opinion. regards~Bill
Hi Ian - great timing thats for sure - head/eye is sharp. Agree with William for my tastes would have bumped that ISO to at least 1600 and stopping down some more to get a greater DOF. Aint hindsight wonderful.
I would consider getting rid of the specular highlights in the BG.
DIF - well done :)
Ian, I copied this thread to the Macro forum - we love the bug images down there and this one is a doozy! In flight - always a hard feat to master - but you've done really well here.
I'd look at cleaning up/lightening the dark area at the base of the right wing and then try a little CCW rotation to see if you can even him up without it looking unnatural or awkward.
Love the repost...just a few more tweaks if you have the time and I think you'll take it up another notch!
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