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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: DwayneOakes on July 13, 2014, 03:05:30 pm

Title: The Hunter
Post by: DwayneOakes on July 13, 2014, 03:05:30 pm
Thanks for taking a look !
Sigma dp2 Merrill/Sigma Photo Pro

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes
Title: Re: The Hunter
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on July 13, 2014, 05:15:53 pm
Excellent shot, Dwayne. Two points: it's a little on the dark side, and I want to see some colour!

Jeremy
Title: Re: The Hunter
Post by: LesPalenik on July 13, 2014, 05:19:47 pm
Well seen and well captured, Dwayne! The head and top part of the wings are amazingly sharp.
I never thought about using this camera for macro shots. Now I can see that with a little bit of cropping it can work quite well.
Title: Re: The Hunter
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 13, 2014, 07:04:48 pm
Quote from: kikashi on July 13, 2014, 05:15:53 pm
Excellent shot, Dwayne. Two points: it's a little on the dark side, and I want to see some colour!

Jeremy
It seems a bit dark to me, too, but I'm afraid that making it lighter might ruin the luscious tones, especially the way the wing spots glow.
Title: Re: The Hunter
Post by: KirbyKrieger on July 13, 2014, 07:21:59 pm
Beautiful.

To my eye, it's not too dark, but it does have too much undetermined middle-gray.  I think the picture would be stronger after slicing off ΒΌ starting from the left edge.
Title: Re: The Hunter
Post by: DwayneOakes on July 13, 2014, 10:00:31 pm
Thank you very much for the comments everyone !
I really appreciate it ! I used the sigma AML-1 close up
filter for this image on the Merrill. It basically gets you
a couple of more inches on the close focus but no
magnification. You still have to sneak up on these
guys. I think I was just about 4 inches away from
the subject.
Title: Re: The Hunter
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on July 14, 2014, 04:03:23 am
The bug is perfectly rendered in terms of tones, at least to me. As others have said, it's the background that looks a bit "lifeless" .
Title: Re: The Hunter
Post by: DwayneOakes on July 15, 2014, 08:21:00 pm
Thank you Paulo !
Title: Re: The Hunter
Post by: pcgpcg on July 15, 2014, 09:47:28 pm
I also want some color!  :) A suggestion for the background - you might try "defocusing" it some more by masking off the dragonfly and lowering mid-range contrast (lowering Clarity in Lightroom).
Very nice detail on the dragonfly.
Title: Re: The Hunter
Post by: DwayneOakes on July 19, 2014, 11:08:40 pm
Quote from: pcgpcg on July 15, 2014, 09:47:28 pm
I also want some color!  :) A suggestion for the background - you might try "defocusing" it some more by masking off the dragonfly and lowering mid-range contrast (lowering Clarity in Lightroom).
Very nice detail on the dragonfly.

Thanks pc !