Dragonfly

Luenny · 19th December 2007

Hi all,
Try shooting dragonfly over the weekend with some friends. The trip was a short one because of the weather so never did get much shot. What do you guys think of this?

C&C to help me improve please.

zac08 · 19th December 2007

Looking at the bigger pic in your flickr, it seems a lil OOF. Not sure if it'd due to movement, or softness...

But the angle and direction is there... good attempt.

Luenny · 19th December 2007

Yeah a bit OOF. Think due to movement. Will try again next time I get a chance. Thanks for the comment Michael.

tchuanye · 19th December 2007

Over image is abit dark, and seems flash is the main light here, the whites are ok, but the other part remains dark. Not sure of your settings so cannot comment much.

Luenny · 19th December 2007

Hi tchuanye,
The dark background was because of high ISO and fast shutter speed with flash. Aperture is F10 and shutter is 250. If you click on the picture, you can go to the flickr site and see the settings too. This is the product of someone who is too exicted seeing a blue dragonfly for the first time to remember about the heavy tripod that he's been lugging all day long.

Darn! I need to start remembering these things before I shoot. By the time my friend told me about the tripod, the dragonfly is gone already.

Ok, next time I will try to not get exicted and remember the tripod so that I can get existing light into the picture as well. By the way, if the background was bright, won't that make the subject more flat?

Thanks for the tip.

tchuanye · 19th December 2007

Originally Posted by Luenny

Hi tchuanye,
The dark background was because of high ISO and fast shutter speed with flash. Aperture is F10 and shutter is 250. If you click on the picture, you can go to the flickr site and see the settings too. This is the product of someone who is too exicted seeing a blue dragonfly for the first time to remember about the heavy tripod that he's been lugging all day long. Darn! I need to start remembering these things before I shoot. By the time my friend told me about the tripod, the dragonfly is gone already.

Ok, next time I will try to not get exicted and remember the tripod so that I can get existing light into the picture as well. By the way, if the background was bright, won't that make the subject more flat?

Thanks for the tip.

ha ha...know what you mean, esp when you see something interesting....tend to forget certain things.

The bright BG will not make it look flat, it would at least make the image brighter, and some of the wings can be seen.

19th December 2007	#1
Luenny Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 279	Dragonfly Hi all, Try shooting dragonfly over the weekend with some friends. The trip was a short one because of the weather so never did get much shot. What do you guys think of this? C&C to help me improve please. __________________ - Luenny

19th December 2007	#2
zac08 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East Posts: 10,953	Re: Dragonfly Looking at the bigger pic in your flickr, it seems a lil OOF. Not sure if it'd due to movement, or softness... But the angle and direction is there... good attempt. __________________ Michael Lim My Flickr Site APAD 2009

19th December 2007	#3
Luenny Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 279	Re: Dragonfly Yeah a bit OOF. Think due to movement. Will try again next time I get a chance. Thanks for the comment Michael. __________________ - Luenny

19th December 2007	#4
tchuanye Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,958	Re: Dragonfly Over image is abit dark, and seems flash is the main light here, the whites are ok, but the other part remains dark. Not sure of your settings so cannot comment much. __________________ My Gallery: http://www.tchuanye.smugmug.com/ Eqpt: http://www.tchuanye.smugmug.com/gallery/271702

19th December 2007	#5
Luenny Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 279	Re: Dragonfly Hi tchuanye, The dark background was because of high ISO and fast shutter speed with flash. Aperture is F10 and shutter is 250. If you click on the picture, you can go to the flickr site and see the settings too. This is the product of someone who is too exicted seeing a blue dragonfly for the first time to remember about the heavy tripod that he's been lugging all day long. Darn! I need to start remembering these things before I shoot. By the time my friend told me about the tripod, the dragonfly is gone already. Ok, next time I will try to not get exicted and remember the tripod so that I can get existing light into the picture as well. By the way, if the background was bright, won't that make the subject more flat? Thanks for the tip. __________________ - Luenny Last edited by Luenny; 19th December 2007 at 04:52 PM.