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?
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Selective Desat
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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. :)
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 ??
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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