Sunkissed Dragon by astro66

Photography • Insects • posted on Nov 02, 2007

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This is one from a couple of the months ago. As I was shooting the dragonflies I was moving about quite a bit and I didn't immediately realise that I'd taken a few shots directly into the sun. I expected them to be rubbish but was pleasantly surprised. I know this one isn't perfect, the dragonfly is ever-so-slightly out of focus, but I like it. :) Thanks for taking a look. :) - Andy -

Comments (19)

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Mondwin

1:13PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

Very fine and delicate image...bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx

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kimariehere

1:19PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

FABULOUS back light and brilliant macro capture a real winner!!

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Jofurowa

1:22PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

Very well done. Bravo.

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GiMi53

1:24PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

BEAUTIFUL shot !

MrsLubner

1:50PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

It is a fantastic shot. The compo against that deep blue is great.

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mairekas

1:59PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

Fantastic macro! Very well done!

nightwing_67

3:00PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

Fantastic capture.. the detail are amazing considering the photo is a silhouette. Well done I really do like this very much xx

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artaddict2

3:07PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

Fantastic shot, great silhouette, and glistening threads.

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tizjezzme

3:56PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

wow, this is great, I love it!!

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Silvra

4:06PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

Fantastisch!

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babuci

5:21PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

Just perfect.

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abstractix

9:36PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

Focus schmocus...this is a wonderful shot, Andy.

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jedink

11:42PM | Fri, 02 November 2007

Looks great to me mate, perfect silohet.

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Kevrekidis

12:36AM | Sat, 03 November 2007

Nice shot!!!!

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athesdan

2:51AM | Sat, 03 November 2007

great shot!

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PeeWee05

6:52PM | Sat, 03 November 2007

Extremely well seen shot and very good of you to get so low!!!

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amlondono

9:57PM | Sat, 03 November 2007

Fantastic shot . Superb Image . BRAVO !

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Elcet

11:16AM | Mon, 12 November 2007

Really a wonderful shot, 5+! You can increase noticeably the dragonfly's sharpness by the sharpening process that I will describe here in Photoshop (version 6 and later ones till CS3): — Turn the image mode into Lab mode by the menu Image > Mode > Lab colors. — Go to the Channels palette and click on the eye of the sole Channel L (Lightness). — Use the Sharpen Filter through the menu Filter > Sharpen (or Sharpen more), alternatively you can use the Sharpen Tool with gives only local results. Do not Sharpen too much otherwise you destroy the tonal quality of the image and a kind of ugly bright halo around the sharpened areas will result. — DO NOT FORGET to return to the RGB mode!!! (by passing through the Lab mode you can only sharpen the density levels i.e. the L Channel, and not alter the colors). Otherwise you cannot save the image except in Psd format. — Do not save the original Jpg file, BUT make "Save as" and give another name to the file, i.e. "Dragonfly_M.jpg" (dragonfly modified); so you can always return to the unmodified image if necessary. Have a nice week, Edouard

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