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portrait of a red veined darter, which is full of dew
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This is one special macro of a bug with dew! Its the way the dew drops brings out /magnify the eyes which I dont think have ever seen before. then I checked your profile and you seem to be a master of it.
no in normal position. but i heard that the enlarging lenses have a better quality if you use them in a reverse position. the problem is that i didn?t find a proper object for this
I would love to know as many details as possible concerning how you obtained this shot. This embodies everything that makes macro photography so compelling...
thanks for your comment. i searched, before sunrise, near a small pond for some dragonflies. until i found one it last sometimes more than 1 hour. the photo technical details are: i used a tripod, a nikon d200 and a bellow together with an enlarger lens (like rodagon or componon lenses). the shutter speed was, as i can remember, 1,5 sec. at an aperture of 13. i used the function mirror-up of my camera, to reduce vibrations caused by the mirror and shutter.
i hope i answerd most of your question, if not please ask ;)
I guess the dragonfly is still too cold to fly away. What time of year is this? Either way an impressive image and definitely worth the time searching for a dragonfly.
i took this shot at the end of september. the big advantage at this time of the year is that the night are getting colder. so you have a great light situation, fog and many dew as the result.
It is incredible how much detail you were able to capture. That is one of the best macro shots I've ever seen. May I ask what you use for your post process sharpening? This image is so perfectly sharp that I have a hard time believing it was just "unsharp mask" in Photoshop. Yes, 7/7 - no doubt. Very difficult shooting in the field with a bellows and you got a perfect image.
hello mark, thanks for your comment and ratng. i use the smart sharpen function of photoshop. i minimize the size of an image in several steps. before every size adjustment i sharp the image until i reach the web size (72dpi)
WOW!! Really stunning image. I can see I have a long way to go when it comes to depth of field and sharpness. Thanks for providing all the tech details as well as the environmental info--late September, before dawn....
love the amount of detail that you have been able to capture in this! i also like the angle that you have selected cuz it lends a slightly abstract perspective to the pic.....the dew is just amazing!
Wow this shot is not an easy shot to do first of all. Perfect focus exposure is almost perfect, Subject matter is good, comp is good and very colorful.
Overall outstanding Photograph.
I think one of the best macro artists I have ever seen, really love your work and this photo is just breathtaking! I'm a macro-addict, but my photo's are far from what you are showing us here! I would love to get my hands on an enlarger lens, but have no idea what kind of bellow I would need? Could you please let me know what bellow you use? I'm working most of the time with the Nikon D300. Thanks in advance and keep up this fabulous work!
This is a great pic, I actually am renting a macro lens right now and I am finding out exactly how difficult it is to capture a picture of a bug! with the macro lens I have you have to zoom in sooo close that the bug flies away before i can take the pic. I'm thinking about either waking up super early to get them when they are wet and cant move, or get a net to catch them first. Dragonflies are impossible to take pictures of otherwise. any advice?
This is a really eye-catching image. I really cannot fault it, and as a picture editor I would if I could!
It has that magic 'work of art' feel to it. Many congratulations. I've emailed you as well, so hope you received that.
I'm a Picture Researcher for the marketing department at The Teaching Company in Chantilly, Virginia (USA). We're an electronic publishing company, working in the educational space. Our courses are typically produced on DVD or audio CD, and target life-long learners (mostly post-graduates.)
I'm interested in the above image for a catalog cover, and wanted to see if it might be available for licensing? Please get back to me as soon as possible, so I know if this image can be presented as an option to our team.
Thanks much.
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I am a Chinese photographer who skilled in nature. It's great to see your amazing photos from this webside,and if you can give me some advises or comments,it will be highly appreciated.
This is one of the most amazing photos I've ever seen. Yes, I rated it a 7/7 (10/10 if I could have!), but what's more important is how the photo moved me.
After seeing it, and having an interest in macro photography of both flowers and insects, I was moved to purchase a true macro lens to see if I could create anything close to this. I'm new to DSLRs, and I just bought a Nikon D90, and for the macro lens, I bought a Tamron 90mm (had to stay a little more affordable than the Nikon lenses).
What an amazing photo, it truly belongs in the top of its class. You know you've provided something truly inspiring when someone who views it is moved to action.
This type of simply amazing macro image is what I aspire to. My question: Did you enhance this in any way with Photoshop or other program? If so could you please share what steps you took? Thank you.
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