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dalantech β Staring You Down III
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Published: 2009-05-21 15:50:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 3952; Favourites: 121; Downloads: 0
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Another early morning image. Since the damselfly was at the end of its perch I had to grab the plant behind it instead of in front, so the color you see in the background is my fingers.Tech specs: Canon 40D (F10, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MPE-65mm macro lens (@5x) + a diffused MT-24EX macro twin flash (-2/3 FEC).
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What strikes me first about this shot is the immediacy. As the title suggests, this damselfly is staring the viewer down into submission- this cleverly breaks down the fourth wall and creates the illusion of a damselfly actually staring in an intimidating way at the viewer of the photograph. This brings much realism and gravtity to the image.
Another thing that grasped my attention was the use of colour. the dark green eyes are of course very striking and engaging, but the cleverness of the artist comes by using his finger to bring some contrast between the yellow and pink in the backround.
As in all shots by this prolific artist, this phorograph contains the metilculous attention to detail that I have come to expect. This photograph is a scientific study in entemology. This makes this image educational as well as entertaining. This artists has every base covered in this excellent image.
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Thanks my friend -most appreciated!
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Don't feel obliged to, but if you ever have a minute or two, a critique on one of my pics would be muchly appreciated.
Nothing urgent, but just something to keep in the back of your mind, perhaps.
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Another amazing capture John!! I think it's very hard to make a great composition like that in 5x!!!
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Thanks my friend
Not much room to play at 5x -the frame is only about 4mm wide.
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So sharp! WOW! This MPE-65 is amazing stuff!
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He looks like one of those 90's boom boxes with the big speakers on either end! Beautiful work.
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Have a fantastic week!
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Great symmetry and micro shot (as always)
Love the blur colors of background!
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Whihoo.....quite a gorgeous closeup! The symmetry is very attractive and I think your hand make a beautiful bg...
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At this scale, composition is a hard task that is forgotten most of the times in Macro photography.
This one is astonishing!
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Will you be my vice president?
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i would love it,but politic isnΒ΄t my cup of coffee...hehehe,its crazy
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How do you get those shots? Don't the bees and dragonflies try run run/fly away while shooting photos?
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It's early in the morning and the critter is still trying to dry out and get its metabolism going. As long as I move slowly it's not too difficult to get the critter acclimated to my presence. Not long after I took this shot the damselfly did decide that it had enough and took off
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Okay, now I understand how it works. Because around noon those tiny flying creatures are amazingly fast. ^^
Great shot, by the way.
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...and that's why I don't take photos of them at high magnification in the heat of the day
Thanks for the props -I had fun taking that one
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Your finger makes for a great backround!
Another incredible shot- nice work! :applause:
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