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Postby dviv on Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:07 am

C & C Appreciated

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Postby huw62 on Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:23 am

excellent shot love it! well done
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Postby ATJ on Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:24 am

David,

It looks great, especially the out of focus background. The only detraction is the head and eyes do not look sharp. I can't tell whether they are out of focus or it is the reflection in the eye that is out of focus.
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Postby dviv on Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:48 am

ATJ wrote:David,

It looks great, especially the out of focus background. The only detraction is the head and eyes do not look sharp. I can't tell whether they are out of focus or it is the reflection in the eye that is out of focus.


Thanks Andrew,

I agree, it's an interesting one. the legs are in focus so it's really hard to tell.

I'm pretty sure the eye is in focus and it's the reflection off the compound eye that's blurry, but the shoulders seem to be not 100%...
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Postby greencardigan on Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:21 pm

Great shot.

I've had trouble in the past too getting dragonfly eyes looking sharp. Couldn't work out why.
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Postby dviv on Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:37 pm

greencardigan wrote:Great shot.

I've had trouble in the past too getting dragonfly eyes looking sharp. Couldn't work out why.


I think it's because they have a compound eye with causes lots reflections which makes the eye look blurry.
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Postby Matt. K on Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:21 pm

They are the most difficult things to photograph. It's a beautiful image. Just a little more DOF and it would have been a masterpiece!
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Postby Yi-P on Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:51 pm

These things are damn hard to capture, you've done very well here :D
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Postby dviv on Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:33 pm

Thanks again guys

It was a bit of luck - taken with the 17-50 2.8 (didn't have the macro with me at the time) - There were hundreds but they kept flying away when I got too close. This one was slightly braver and I ended up taking the shot with the camera at full arms reach in front of me - trying to see through the viewfinder from a meter away and make sure the autofocus was in the right place. :roll:
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Postby Pehpsi on Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:52 am

Wow excellent shot. Clear, colourful and nice DOF.
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