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Young and fresh II


Young and fresh II
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Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3388 W: 343 N: 9483] (30813)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-11
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 180 Macro Ex H, Digital RAW 200
Exposure: f/11, 1/160 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-11 13:37
Viewed: 905
Points: 44
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Today's post is also a small young and fresh dragonfly.
I think this is a female Black Darter, Sympetrum Danae, Swe Mörk Ängstrollslända.,
They are quite common here. I hope to see a lot of them in the summer.
I hope you like it.
More Info Here

Sigma 180 macro EX HSM, tripod. Fill-flash with the build-in as master and the Sigma 500DG with bouncer as slave.
ISO 200, Raw-format, av-mode, Ai-servo focus. Focus-control moved back to the thumb button, then I have a choice, use the thumb-button for auto focus or use the ring for manual focus.
Convert, Levels, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels, Smart Sharpen on the B/W channel in lab-colours. I used Adobe Photoshop CS2 for PP

phlr, Luc, marhowie, csmnlm, nardophoto, extramundi, wallhalla15, batu, liquidsunshine, soccer, Fisher, red45, sandpiper2, SkyF, liziafa, coasties has marked this note useful
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Excellent capture Gert,
Very nice sharpness AND clarity. Excellent color, detail, and flashwork. The subject is very nicely seen from the BG here as well..
Well composed - Very well done.

Hello Gert, Excllent details, gret sharpness, excllent colors, nice POV and framing, TFs Kyle

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 122 N: 2581] (8424)
  • [2006-07-11 13:58]

quality thats a Fact Gert,
the shot is nice, the composition is good, pov is good and dof is perfect, very good job my friend.
gr. jaap

Hi Gert,

What a sharpness !!! Outstanding picture...
Nice colours. Well everything is perfect.
TFS.

Serge

Hi Gert!
Woow It is an excellent shot. Colors ,details are so good. Well Done!

Imaculate, I would say.
Difficult not to be repetitive with my critics, everything is great, as always...
PD: My new 430EX has arived, and in the test shots I discovered I should have bought a good flash before the cam, now this is taking shots :) Thanks for your recomendation, the only thing I am not very happy with, is that cannot be used as slave of the built-in flash, only 580EX or a transmitter can be the master.

This is a brilliant dragonfly shot! Excellent details and sharpness, perfect composition and great colours. Perfect work! Well done, Gert. Thank you for posting.
Gr.
Heinz

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1062 W: 290 N: 3965] (13398)
  • [2006-07-11 16:22]

Hallo Gert,
nearly all parts of the dragonfly appear in excellent sharpness. The focus is clearly on thorax and head, even the faint antennae are sharp. I like the natural colours of the picture.
Peter

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12252)
  • [2006-07-11 21:00]

Bonjour Gert!

Bravo pour l'éclairage qui fait ressortir les belles couleurs de cette insecte. Félicitations pour la netteté.
Merci.
joseph

Very nice capture Gert,
Good detail, colours and sharpness. exposure and lighting are good. Good POV and composition.

Thanks for posting, have a great week.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-07-12 4:22]

Hello Gert,
Wonderful close up.Crisp clear and razorsharp.Exposure is spot on,well caught and composed.
TFS...:-)

Gert,

Excellent Lighting and wartm colour in your pic. The subject is sharp and clear with a lot of detail. I like the POV, Composition and your note. TFS,
Sheriff

Hi Gert,

Darters don't land much, they are very fast and hard to capture. You did well to have a model pose for you.
Excellent shot and well done on the composition and details. It's a beauty.

Mike

Hi Gert !
This is a wonderful shot of this young dragonfly ! I like the vivid colors very much, as well as the composition and the POV. Excellent sharpness and details, and a wonderful BG? nicely blurred, with beautiful colors. Very well done !
Valérie.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-07-12 8:43]

Hi Gert!

Wow! Perfect! So fresh and immaculate. Perfect details, sharpness and POV. Great moment between old and new life. Superb macro my friend!

Very nice image Gert and good tech note. If only I had the money to buy these lovely toys!!.

Great sharpness and composition. Great details especially in the wings.

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2006-07-12 12:06]

Hello Gert,
very nice shot, the details and the light are amazing. Great POV and wonderful blurred BG so this dragon stand out very well. A beautiful composed macro.
TFS..Sky

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 856 W: 2 N: 617] (2142)
  • [2006-07-12 14:13]

Hello Gert ,A Fantastic shot , very good sharpnes details colours pov compositie bg and framing ,tfs ,Greetings Teunie .

Hi Gert,
Amazing close-up!!!
Good detils and colors.
I like it...
Very well done.
TFS Malgosia

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1241 W: 129 N: 881] (2814)
  • [2006-07-14 4:03]

Simply wonderful Gert!
Bright, sharp and clear photo!
Stunning colours!
Wonderful golden brown colour of the fresh new odonata!
Outstanding on details!
Just perfect!
5* photo!
Keep on going and TFS!

Hi Gert

I have missed too many of your posts, sorry! This is another brilliant shot from you my friend. Thank you!

exxxxxxxxxxxxxcellent shot. really.

excellent!!!

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