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Camera: Nikon D2H
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro for Nikon
Location: Japan
Date: Sep 30, 2005
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2005

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 Theres a bug in my camera.. cropped USM levels

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 09/30/2005 09:10:39 AM
These guys are very common and will often pose for the camera, unlike, say, the red or blue ones, or the really big oniyanma. (And damselflies are pretty hard to capture, too).
I agree that the front eye should be more in focus, but I know it's really hard to do when you're working with such shallow DOF and trying to hold the camera still, etc. And, yep, crop off a bit of the blurry foreground.
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 09/30/2005 08:50:22 AM
Looks like a good sharp capture. Lighting seems pretty good as well. I suggest cropping the right significantly, taking his head out of the center. I'm not a slave to the rule of thirds, but this doesn't appear to be a case of exception.
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 09/30/2005 08:42:31 AM
I like the composition, and the colors work really well. There seems something a little off about the focus - your DOF is extremely shallow and it seems as though you've focused just past the eye to the back of the head, leaving the front eye out of focus. I do admit that that could be an optical illusion & I'm just not seeing it right, but when I go back and look at Jacko's bugs, it seems as though the eyes are the focus (just like in human portraits) when the DOF is so tight.
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 09/30/2005 06:54:03 AM
Originally posted by orussell:
WOW. Some kind of shallow DOF you got going on there. I'd bump up the saturation a little in the master channel and use a little less USM (see a hint of jaggies on the antenna). Also maybe consider cropping out the foreground because it draws the eye away from the fly. Otherwise great capture.


Excellent advice and suggestion, I will try exactly that .. god bless ya matey.
 09/30/2005 06:49:19 AM
WOW. Some kind of shallow DOF you got going on there. I'd bump up the saturation a little in the master channel and use a little less USM (see a hint of jaggies on the antenna). Also maybe consider cropping out the foreground because it draws the eye away from the fly. Otherwise great capture.
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 09/30/2005 05:14:55 AM
Ohhhhh I like it!! Very nice focus on his hairy head and legs, great composition with the wings in the b/g. Good work!!
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