A couple of m 4/3 dragon fly telephoto shots.

[ajohnw]

Having some spare time I thought I would see what I could recover from a couple of shots from raw this time with a little more care. Not sure if I like the end result though as I suspect I have pushed things too far playing with an ICC 2002 colour model. They are both pretty heavy crops.

Not sure why I used 200mm on this one when I could have gone to 300mm. Probably too excited. It's the only one I have seen settle and it flew off after these shots.



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Hand held and no flash.

John
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[JBW]

Having some spare time I thought I would see what I could recover from a couple of shots from raw this time with a little more care. Not sure if I like the end result though as I suspect I have pushed things too far playing with an ICC 2002 colour model. They are both pretty heavy crops.

Not sure why I used 200mm on this one when I could have gone to 300mm. Probably too excited. It's the only one I have seen settle and it flew off after these shots.



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Hand held and no flash.

John
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You may well have pushed things a little too far.

[ajohnw]

This is the over exposed camera jpg version so not so sure about that Brian. Just sharpened from memory and a bit of curve applied. One of the mods to the other one was to darken it according to the colour model - imitate human vision - so the colours will saturate more.



I suspect I miss named the model should be CIE 2002

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIECAM02

John
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[NorthernFocus]

The bokeh in the second shot is impressively soft. Nicely done.

[ajohnw]

Thanks Dan. Bit creamier version of 1 but it's a bit late to do anything about the brighter leaves especially the blown patch. I must try and look at everything not just the bit I'm working on.



John
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[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[Nicks Pics]

#2 shows interesting detail in the wings.

[ajohnw]

Nicely captured.

Thanks John. This is my most annoying insect. Not being able to near enough to one to use a macro set up.

John
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[Brownbear]

Hi John,

Just to say that I too think the bokeh in the 2nd image is very nice, with some beautiful detail captured in the wings. I also like the head on view of the dragonfly.

[IzzieK]

John I like the face of #2 but I think #1 needs a bit of work on where the dragon fly is perched on...can you blur it a bit so the colour is not that even from top to the bottom of the shot? I am sure the dragonfly needed to be the star of the shot, not all of that thingie it landed on...just a thought....

[ajohnw]

John I like the face of #2 but I think #1 needs a bit of work on where the dragon fly is perched on...can you blur it a bit so the colour is not that even from top to the bottom of the shot? I am sure the dragonfly needed to be the star of the shot, not all of that thingie it landed on...just a thought....

No. But don't take me seriously. Actually I prefer it as it is in that respect.

I've vignetted it heavily and also blurred most of it a little. I like the branch so don't want to loose it. I rotated the lot by about 10 degrees to get a crop I liked on the branch - not exactly as I wanted but nearly.

John
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[IzzieK]

I really see little faces in these dragonflies...the first one is a little bit too serious like a MAFIA look. The second one is more like an on-your-face expression saying "Oh yeah! what yah gonna do now?!" look. really love these two...