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DwayneOakes

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The Hunter
« on: July 13, 2014, 03:05:30 pm »

Thanks for taking a look !
Sigma dp2 Merrill/Sigma Photo Pro

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes
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Re: The Hunter
« Reply #1 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!

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Re: The Hunter
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: The Hunter
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2014, 07:04:48 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.
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Re: The Hunter
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: The Hunter
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: The Hunter
« Reply #6 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" .

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Re: The Hunter
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2014, 08:21:00 pm »

Thank you Paulo !
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Re: The Hunter
« Reply #8 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.
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Re: The Hunter
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2014, 11:08:40 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 !
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