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• jchemas (3390)
• [2006-05-06 14:57]
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Superb shot of this dragonfly Jaap.
Great colors and details with good POV and BG.
TFS!!!!
Regards
JC

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• wuta (2142)
• [2006-05-06 15:16]
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Hallo Jaap , Een prachtig macro shot van de dragonfly , mooie kleur compositie details en de bg , en de framing , Groeten Teunie .

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• wallhalla15 (13829)
• [2006-05-06 15:28]
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Great macro shot Jaap. Great sharpness, details, clarity and POV/DOF. Great colours, composition and note too. Thanks for sharing. Jaap, the LCD is good but the S7000 is to slow to make a quick shot. :-( I think you understand me.
Gr.
Heinz

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• Dando (3084)
• [2006-05-06 16:23]
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Hi Jaap, excellent close up with good colours and sharp details. Well composed shot, TFS.
Dean.

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• AdrianW (710)
• [2006-05-06 16:39]
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Good shot! You've captured this Libellula well, I particularly like your diagonal composition. If this were my shot, I'd consider a little more fine detail sharpening to accentuate the detail you've captured (try SmartSharpen 0.9px, 85% or thereabouts), but I know sharpening is a matter of taste. Ideally I think a little more DOF would be cool too - next time, try cranking it up to ISO400 (since the 350D can do well with shortish exposures at that speed), you'll find sharpness falls off over f13 or thereabouts (due to diffraction), but you can add more sharpening in PS to compensate for that. Not sure where exactly the focus point was, but ideally I'd aim for the eyes since that's where we look first - I know dragonflies are tricky though! Nicely done :-)

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• scottevers7 (12267)
• [2006-05-06 21:41]
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Hi Jaap,
Excellent! I really like the composition here. Perfect OOF backround really has him standing out. Nice saturated colors and sharp detail. This looks great!
Scott

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• pitai (1197)
• [2006-05-06 22:44]
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Hello Jaap,
Nice try. Dragon flies are very complicated to shot at. Too bad the wings got out of focus. Still a very nice composition. Keep trying! TFS , Gabriel

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• jhm (628)
• [2006-05-07 1:41]
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Dag Jaap,
Met dit type van foto's heb ik u zien groot worden, binnen het macro gebeuren, hier moet ik o nog zo veel leren, dus uw D350 doet het wel degelijk goed,met uw 90 lens, inderdaad het is totaal anders werken, het zijn verschillend werkende cameras, maar een man met kennis heeft maar maar een half project nodig om een mooie foto te maken, waar andere van twee projecten nog geen half kunnen maken, dat is nu juist het verschil in vakmanschap.
Schitterend gedaan Jaap mij complimenten.
Groeten,
John.

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• elefantino (14381)
• [2006-05-07 2:43]
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Nice macro!
Really close up.
Good details and natural colors.
Wel done.
Andrea

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• dew77 (13209)
• [2006-05-07 3:44]
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Hello Jaap!
Excellent close up.Sharpness,POV,colors,details and composition are wonderful.I believe you will like your new camera soon:).I liked your work a lot.
TFS...:-)

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• TAZ (10926)
• [2006-05-07 4:03]
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Hello Jaap,
There was a long that I didn't a picture made by you... It is a nice close-up for this superb 'Libellule'. I also appreciate the complementary note, you are like me with the 350D, a big change for macro...
Congratulations Jaap and thanks for sharing.

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• phlr (2814)
• [2006-05-07 4:56]
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Very good Jaap!
Very good POV and BG!
Very good DOF and details!
5* and TFS!

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• Janice (18648)
• [2006-05-07 5:01]
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Hi Jaap, 100% better than my chaser shots, I can't get any!!
Good composition, not all over sharp, but insect shows up well on the stick.
Adrian's comments are good, and I look forward to his reply to your letter.
Thanks Jaap, we always have more and more to learn,
Janice

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• marhowie (302)
• [2006-05-07 6:50]
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Hi Jaap,
Very nice for your first go at this chaser..
Great DOF, POV, light, sharp detail, and color.
Very nicely composed also.
I wonder, did you shoot this in raw?
Yep, no LCD shooting with Canon DSLR :)
Great work mf!

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• christophe (1781)
• [2006-05-07 9:56]
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Hi Jaap

Great first capture, details and colors

In a friendly way Christophe

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• aido (4046)
• [2006-05-07 10:38]
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Hi Jaap,
A very nice shot of this Dragonfly. Nice detail and very natural colours, DOF a little shallow. I think the difference between the two cameras you will get used to, if I use a compact I still use the viewfinder, I can't take pictures using the LCD :-) Very nice work my friend.
Regards,
Adrian

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• ramthakur (32174)
• [2006-05-07 14:49]
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You are a good chaser, Jaap, and your pursuit has ended in a masterpiece shot of this female "depressa" who does not look at all depressing to me!
Great shot.

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• loot (10033)
• [2006-05-10 21:58]
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Hi Jaap
You are addressing a very valid point in your comparison between the DSLR (350D) and the compact (Finepix 7000) in the difference of the LCD vs the view finder. Just today I had a discussion with a friend about this very same aspect after reading Peter Stoeckl's notes. Although the DSLR might be more challenging I do believe, once you can master it, the rewards and possibilities outweigh the negatives.
However, you did just fine here. Your composition is excellent, the colours are splendid, the DOF & BG are great, and the exposure was well managed.
Well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• Luc (14729)
• [2006-05-14 8:13]

Very good photo.
Thank you again Jaap.

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• RII (2812)
• [2006-07-10 21:51]

Hi Jaap.
Very nice macro, excellent point of view, colors and details, good note.

Saludos...RICARDO.

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• marmottelolo (14691)
• [2006-07-28 7:03]

jaap
sur celle-ci le BG est mieux reussi et donne une meilleure profondeur au cliché.bon point de vu aussi.
laurent