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Dragonfly on a flower in a park
- Thread starter Eugene Ye
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This is an interesting photo, Eugene.
Overall, I like the composition and the general visual impact of the image.
But I think there are a couple of things working against you:
First, the Damselfly is, by nature, quite slender, and the view from above 'hides' its wings.
Second, the lack of color in this Damselfly makes it somewhat camouflaged against the rocks in the background, and the bright green colors of the leaves tend to capture the eye, rather than the Damselfly.
With this in mind, I might play around with a few things: perhaps crop a bit tighter, to make the Damselfly a bigger part of the image, and maybe play with black and white, as well as the tonality, to see if you can get the Damselfly to stand out a bit more.
So I think you've done well with what was there to shoot. Perhaps playing with some of the variables I mentioned could help maximize the visual impact.
Thanks for sharing!
Overall, I like the composition and the general visual impact of the image.
But I think there are a couple of things working against you:
First, the Damselfly is, by nature, quite slender, and the view from above 'hides' its wings.
Second, the lack of color in this Damselfly makes it somewhat camouflaged against the rocks in the background, and the bright green colors of the leaves tend to capture the eye, rather than the Damselfly.
With this in mind, I might play around with a few things: perhaps crop a bit tighter, to make the Damselfly a bigger part of the image, and maybe play with black and white, as well as the tonality, to see if you can get the Damselfly to stand out a bit more.
So I think you've done well with what was there to shoot. Perhaps playing with some of the variables I mentioned could help maximize the visual impact.
Thanks for sharing!
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Eugene,
Don is the guy here! Yes this is a damson fly. The long thin body and the far apart eyes are the easy giveaway as well as the wings folded over the body. I know that dragon flies tend to patrol in a circle and will often come back to the same place if you wait 15 minutes or so. However it might not perch in the exactly same place.
I wonder if you might have this as a RAW file. For then you might be able to recover the color in the body.
Asher
Wow. Thanks a lot Don and Asher.
I had actually cropped this a little from the original captured but didn't want to crop too much at the time of doing pp as I somehow sort of want to show it being distance away.
Yep, I notice that the leaves are taking the attention away (which I don't want). Probably I shouldn't have accentuated the green curve during pp. But again somehow I sort of want to show the combination of both the leaves and damselfly together instead of only they damselfly; but ended up with the catchy green instead. *and my title is wrong again, should be leaves instead of flower, I think it was midnight and I was in a half-asleep mode
I would try out black/white and tonality, sounds feasible for this. thanks.
Asher, I am now out of town and thus without the raw with me. I would upload it a few days later after I got back home, thanks so much
Thanks for correcting me of it being a damselfly. Never know about it
ps: I really like this forum as the comment and advice are so useful and constructive
I had actually cropped this a little from the original captured but didn't want to crop too much at the time of doing pp as I somehow sort of want to show it being distance away.
Yep, I notice that the leaves are taking the attention away (which I don't want). Probably I shouldn't have accentuated the green curve during pp. But again somehow I sort of want to show the combination of both the leaves and damselfly together instead of only they damselfly; but ended up with the catchy green instead. *and my title is wrong again, should be leaves instead of flower, I think it was midnight and I was in a half-asleep mode
I would try out black/white and tonality, sounds feasible for this. thanks.
Asher, I am now out of town and thus without the raw with me. I would upload it a few days later after I got back home, thanks so much
Thanks for correcting me of it being a damselfly. Never know about it
ps: I really like this forum as the comment and advice are so useful and constructive