Oops!
by jomerner

Comment by sonyalphausr:
WOW TWO PICURES IN THE SAME CHALLENGE WITH THE SAME TITLE

"Dragonfly Qigong"
by jomerner

Comment by JulietNN:
Hi from the C Club

Well, wow, I loved this shot and gave it an 8 when in voting. Here are the reasons why.

It is an outstanding shot, the crispness is defined in the wings, the clarity is excellent, your bokeh is smooth as butter and compliments the dragon flys well.

My only nitpick was the DOF, maybe just a tweak of the contrast would have given it a deeper feeling. Maybe pushing those greens to a darker colour would have helped.

Other than that, spot on shot!!! Do it again!

Oops!
by jomerner

Comment by PenelopeK:
Great idea and I love the reflections. The focus seems slightly off however, with the sharpest area being on the white cap rather than on the drop of spilled nail polish.

"Dragonfly Qigong"
by jomerner

Comment by peter:
Congrats on your new PB!

"Dragonfly Qigong"
by jomerner

Comment by photopia:
Great color! Would have loved to see a bit deeper DOF.

"Dragonfly Qigong"
by jomerner

Comment by kmusser:
Nice capture of nature. Colors are very defined.

Down by the River
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Comment by JulietNN:
Please put your other shot up here too, cos it looks AMAZING!!!

Down by the River
by jomerner

Comment by JulietNN:
Hi from the CC Club,

What an Amazing capture, this is once in a life time shot! WOW

Now I have got over my wowness, lets get down to some PP work.

A crop to on the right hand side quite tightly to the Heron and a little more off the top would have drawn more attention to your bird and raccoon.

the back ground is very bright, so with this cropping it would eliminate some of this

Some sharpness in PP would have helped, a little dodge and burn on the coon would have highlighted him some more and made him stand out just a little more.

Play with the saturation sponge a little on the bird, see what happens
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I am so impressed with this shot, it is a keeper. well done!

Down by the River
by jomerner

Comment by MaryO:
What an odd pair!

Down by the River
by jomerner

Comment by SaraR:
My goodness, that is some capture!