Lotus Dreaming

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Description

I’ve been wanting a lotus plant for awhile. We have a small pond on our patio but we haven’t done anything with it. Took a trip to the Lowe’s Water Gardens a few days ago and the first thing I noticed was this blue dasher conveniently perching on a lotus bud. The light was off and on and I liked this soft sunlit view because of the wing shadow on the bud and the catch light on his eye. Now I have to lobby the master gardener to do some water gardening. Wish me luck.>=))>

Specific Feedback

f22 rendered the BG pad a little mottled, which I like more than a perfectly smooth view that I was getting with larger apertures.

Technical Details

Sony A7rIII
Sony FE 70-200 f2.8 GM-II, 2xTC @ 400mm
ISO 400, 1/100 @ f22

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Wow So SHARP. Amazing image !!!

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This is really nice, Bill. I love the shadows of the wings on the lotus bud and it’s amazing how well the eye color pattern matches the background.

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Fantastic image! Perfect perspective and detail, and the lotus bud is gorgeous. The mottled green BG is just detailed enough to provide interest. No nits at all.
Really exceptional image!!!

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They don’t seem to pose for me on such a nice perch, Bill. I like this a lot. Wonderful details.

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Wow – super capture!! Best of luck with your own setup, but keep working this one too! What a wonderful opportunity!

My only vague suggestion is my usual gradient burn from the bottom. I’d drag the edge to halfway up here – had to try it to see if I liked it.

If the colors look different, it didn’t have a profile and I assumed it was sRGB, which is now embedded here.

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A corker! You are the dragonfly whisperer for sure. Other than what Diane did with the gradient, I can’t think of a single thing to improve. And you have a lotus plant, too, which will provide plenty more photographic possibilities. Wow.