| Photograph Information |
Photographer's Comments |
Challenge: Fine Arts: Exhibit III (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jul 12, 2013
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: Jul 12, 2013
|
This is one of the newly-morphed Damselflies next to my little pond. She was trying to hide from me, so I shot this through the leaves of a daylily. I liked the light and shadow as I shot it; when I played with converting it to B&Wish I fell in love. Such a distinctive face behind her! And a smaller, less distinct one in the upper left corner. The soft, framing leaves are cool, too, but they worked in color. The image as a whole works best for me in duotone.
I never quite know what constitutes art for anyone else, but for me, an image that is so rewarding to explore is something I would love to have on my wall. Even if it is just a picture of a bug. And modern ... well, I just took it ;-) By definition it's contemporary!
PP - converted from RAW, cropped, levels, CEP (detail extractor mostly on Damsel, pro contrast), converted to B&W, toned blue, cloned out a few dust spots and one bright thing (I think it was the end of a flower stem ... too bright where it was), resized, Nik sharpen, cloned out slight haloing, added border. |
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 11/03/2025 11:21:35 PM EST.
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.