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Dragonfly & Lilypad
Dragonfly & Lilypad
ArpeggioAngel


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Challenge: D&L (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S5100
Location: Seminole Lake Park - Seminole, FL.
Date: Aug 27, 2005
Aperture: 1:3.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/220s
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 27, 2005

 Since I love taking pictures of dragonflies, this was my first idea for the challenge. It was not easy getting a good shot as this guy kept landing on lilypads too far out in the water. I had to keep one eye on the water for gators and lean in as close as I could to get this one. I would have liked to have shown more of the lilypad itself, but the dragonfly was so small that I didn't want to lose the detail on it. I also tried leaving the lilypad green, but it washed out the dragonfly.
Did anyone notice the little water spider on the bottom left of the lilypad?

Crop
Selective Desat
small amount of cloning
save for web

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 09/11/2005 04:47:49 AM
Surely a nice capture considering how fast and often these things must move! I've tried photographing live insects with wings.. and it's DEFINITELY not easy.. and to have to watch out for gators too! I would've probably turned around and looked for something else.. ;)

Anyway, on to th e photograph. I think the selective desaturation on the lilypad looks a bit odd, and am wondering if that has anything to do with the patchiness in the bottom left corner? Since this is an advanced editing challenge, I would've considered cloning that patchiness up so that it matched well with the rest of the water. With the lilypad, perhaps a slight desaturation (or change in lightness?) would've worked better.

The detail on the dragonfly is certainly good, so you did well there.

A nice shot either way, but just some food for thought above. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/04/2005 11:52:13 PM
Excellent shot though I'm not sure how I feel about the desaturated lilypad. Allother elements arevery strong. I hope you do well. Good luck!
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 09/04/2005 11:52:02 PM
Well caught!
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 09/04/2005 07:30:53 PM
Nice shot, the coloring is very interesting.
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 09/04/2005 06:59:25 PM
Nice landing. 7
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 09/03/2005 09:17:44 PM
I wish that you hadn't desaturated the lily pad. The colors on the dragonfly look a little washed out.
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 09/03/2005 01:47:00 AM
Has a couple of distracting elements that probably couldn't be helped. Really good capture though.
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 09/02/2005 06:34:49 PM
I think I like the selective desat, but the blue water at the bottom of the image ruins it for me... Makes it look too artificial.
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 09/01/2005 10:49:32 PM
Very crisp. I would like to see this without the desat. of the lilly. The white pad looks unnatural. Very crisp insect though.
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 08/31/2005 05:16:34 PM
great close up of this brilliant insect, is this a partial de-sat or a colour shift....just looks a bit odd?
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 08/31/2005 01:58:54 AM
you should of went all the way and make it a macro. 5
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 08/31/2005 01:36:19 AM
Excellent dragonfly detail, nice back and wings; but what happened to the lily pad, looks more like a lunar landing on a wasted planet. Where's the green that would have complimented the dragonfly color ??
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 08/30/2005 11:20:13 PM
I think it may have looked better in full color, but I do like the blue in the dragonfly
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 08/30/2005 08:36:48 PM
i think the selctive desat works really well for this image. Really makes the dragonfly pop.
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 08/30/2005 06:53:12 PM
I like the dragonfly but I have a desire to 'see' the green in the lilypad.
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 08/30/2005 11:25:58 AM
The right top hand corner is a little distracting. Maybe a different crop would of been more appealing to me. However, nice colors and detail.
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 08/29/2005 08:23:32 PM
Great capture, One of the few shots I believe would be better in full saturated color. Just my opinion.....
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 08/29/2005 07:06:08 PM
Orginal view of a dragonfly
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 08/29/2005 05:07:41 PM
with the lillypad in gray you dont' really get a feel for what it is. It looks like mud. I think I would like it better if it were green.
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 08/29/2005 03:36:03 PM
I want the leaf to be green, but i guess thats hard on the blue-green dragonfly.
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 08/29/2005 03:06:14 PM
was the desat performed to allow us to see the dragonfly easier?? I don't like it here, but the picture and idea is first rate.
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 08/29/2005 12:34:15 AM
The gray of the desat makes the lilypad almost like a sheet of metal! The blue of the body is a nice compliment to the gray scale of the shot. Great detail and focus. Great macro.
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