Dragonfly

[Sailor Don]

The background wasn't the greatest, but it was the only opportunity I had to get the shot.

Comments please.

http://users3.ev1.net/~sailord/dragonfly_sm.jpg


File Name IMG_2024.JPG
Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot Pro1
Shooting Date/Time 7/17/2004 4:28:48 PM
Shooting Mode Program AE
Photo Effect Mode Vivid
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100
Av( Aperture Value ) 3.5
Metering Mode Center-weighted averaging
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 50
Lens 7.2 - 50.8mm
Focal Length 50.8mm
Digital Zoom None
Image Size 3264x2448
Image Quality Fine
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
AF Mode Continuous AF
Color Space sRGB
File Size 1457KB
Drive Mode Single-frame shooting

[Sailor Don]

Is this picture so perfect that no comment would improve it. (I doubt it.)
Or is it so bad, it's not worthy of comment? :?: :?

[ds77]

I liek the pic. It does seem like the Dragonfly is a bit blurry near his head. It could look that way because the head is a bit dark.

But a good pic none the less. I spent a day shooting dragonflys a few weeks ago. Got some good pics, of course it was like they wanted to be shot, they were landing on my arm and everything!

[sGu]

dragonfly itself isn't sharp enough, background isn't blurred enough, composition needs a lot improvement, a lot space wasted in the frame.

like the colour though

[Sailor Don]

dragonfly itself isn't sharp enough, background isn't blurred enough, composition needs a lot improvement, a lot space wasted in the frame.

like the colour though

I think my AF (autofocus) focused on the brown stem instead of the dragonfly, making the dragonfly image slightly less sharp than I wanted. What could be done to improve the composition? Crop the picture so the dragonfly is centered?

I wasn't so fortunate as ds77 to have a multitude of dragonflies to chose from. This was one lone dragonfly and he was kind of skittish. As I moved in for a closer shot, he flew off and didn't return. No more photo opportunities. :cry:


Maybe I need to hire a photoshoot director to cue the dragonflies. :D

I appreciate your comments. I hope to improve my digital photographs with input from this forum. Thanks.

[jim jam]

I know what your talking about with trying to capture something on camera that only gives you a breif moment to shoot.It is very hard sometimes to get the shot absolutely right.I think its a really good picture.

[shniks]

I think that all it needs is some playing around in photoshop - make the dragonfly sharper, brighten the shadows up a bit and increase contrast, I think it would look great. Ignore me if you have already done this, and this was the sharpest you could make it.

[MattSEG]

I personally really like it. The dragonfly is distinct enough from the background to not cause confusion. You can see a lot of the detail in the wing, which is nice too.