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upload_dateAug, 2013

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8 Comments |
Etna PRO+
 
Etna August 28, 2013
Nice shot
pasdesigns
pasdesigns August 28, 2013
Thank you!
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GBloniarz February 14, 2014
Very well done! Congratulations!
pasdesigns
pasdesigns February 14, 2014
Yayyy, Thank you!
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wandahojan February 18, 2014
awesome capture!
pasdesigns
pasdesigns February 18, 2014
Thank you!
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JDLifeshots February 23, 2014
Great shot! Congrats.
pasdesigns
pasdesigns February 23, 2014
Thank you!
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horsegalraye March 26, 2015
Just GORGEOUS!!! Congratulations on your finalist!!
pasdesigns
pasdesigns March 27, 2015
Thanks! :)
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shema September 20, 2015
superb! you have an excellent gallery, I am macro inspired
pasdesigns
pasdesigns September 23, 2015
Thank you - I am glad if my photo insipires you to do macro :)
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BarbieJara June 30, 2016
Absolutely amazing!
pasdesigns
pasdesigns June 30, 2016
Thanks :D
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ChrisHPhotos July 05, 2016
Excellent colour and details.
pasdesigns
pasdesigns July 05, 2016
Thank you!

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Behind The Lens

Location

Near Peruca lake in the Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia

Time

About 19:30h - 20h, summer time sunset

Lighting

As sun was almost gone dragonfly was in shadow and part of background was in sun and part in shadow ( that made this beautiful color gradients ), so I had to set higher ISO to get enough exposure on dragonfly as I was shooting from hand (1/400 sec).

Equipment

Photo was taken with: Canon 550D + Tamron 70-300VC lens, hand held, natural light.

Inspiration

I love nature and dragonflies are fascinating to me since I was a kid ( helicopter bug :) ) - I also enjoy macro photography because it can show so much interesting details and colors of something so small you usually don't find it interesting - like a window to another world.

Editing

Photo was cropped, as colors were little dull saturation was increased a bit and some noise reduction because of high ISO.

In my camera bag

Camera 550D, samyang 8mm, tamron 70-300mm VC, helios 44-2, Tair 11A and few m42 extension tubes...

Feedback

Usually I take photos of bugs with Helios or Tair lens with tubes because they are sharper and I can get better magnification, but this time when I saw this scene 70-300 was on camera and I knew I didn't have time to change it all, so I just took a shot with it. Moment later dragonfly was gone and while I was waiting him to return on this stick, whole background changed to shadow and color gradients were gone... So sometimes you just have to catch that moment in time, without preparation, before it is gone.

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