Another Repost
Another repost based on the edit by Mark Seaver. He enhanced the photo to improve the composition. His shadow looks like a bird’s head – it’s just so cool.
An interesting take on the dragonfly, Kathrin. I like the shadow and the black and white treatment makes a different kind of dragonfly image that makes the viewer concentrate more on the form than the color. I do think it would be nice to give it’s left forewing just a touch of clearance at the top of the frame. Having it cut off where it is looks accidental instead of deliberate. A non-photographer probably wouldn’t notice, but we’ve all cut off part of a subject often enough that it tends to make us wince when we see it.
Kathrin: I’m pretty much in 100% agreement with @Dennis_Plank regarding the clipping but this is a fine capture. You might also want to tag this for the Weekly Chllenge. Nicely seen and processed. >=))>
Way to cool. I love it the way it is. Great capture and composition. To me the body meets the wings and the shadow are the most important things for me. The cropping at the top does not bother me. This version gets me closer to the subject. Really Cool!!!
@Dennis_Plank, @Bill_Fach, @Michael_Lowe, @Gill_Vanderlip, thank you so much for your input. I tried two versions: one with a vignette and one with a different crop. I find the one with the different crop more interesting, but the format becomes very elongated.
Kathrin, all three views look good. Going b&w is a good choice for letting the shadow play a more prominent role in the view. Both reposts fix the cut-off wing “problem” nicely. I agree that the repost with different crop feels “long”. If your software allows it, you might add some canvas on the left and fill the new canvas via cloning (or AI fill if you have it). Since the area along that edge is quite uniform, filling the new canvas would be pretty straightforward. Here’s a view where I’ve added 200 pixels on the left and cloned it full… may be too much grey in the upper left corner?
Your composition looks good, Mark.
I don’t think you have too much grey in the upper left corner.
It’s a good idea to sometimes expand an image to improve the composition.
I like this in B&W, Kathrin, as it does bring our attention to the shadow of the DF, which is really neat. I don’t think I have ever thought to go B&W with any of my DF shots. I will have to watch for a nice shadow of him and try it out sometime.
