dragonfly

[piranha]

unfortunately overexposed, but that's the best dragonfly shot i've got yet. they sure don't sit still for long on hot days like today.

walklog:

7-20 hemerglobin park, the trail that comes out in the old orchard above the entrance. 2.86 km, 1:25, elevation gain 452m. there is a crossroute shortly before this trail ends up in the field, which i want to take to the left and see where it goes. lots of duckweed in the smaller lakes. also indian pipe in several small groupings.

newly ripe berries: huckleberries and saskatoon berries. also black cherries on abandoned old orchard trees. nomnomnom.

new blooms: hardhack, fireweed, bullrush, various thistles, water hemlock (not so nomnomnom).

Comments

[nellorat.livejournal.com]

I love your photos! I didn't even think of this one as overexposed, since that gives a kind of glow that I thought of as deliberate.

[flarenut.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I think it's a sort of cargo-cult holdover from Ansel Adams that makes us all think that everything in a picture should fit within the available dynamic range, with highlights just touching pure white and shadows just touching pure black. The exposure on the wings and the body is perfect, and blowing out the highlights gives a real sense of how hot and bright it is.

(Also, I have to admire you for the depth of field. All of my dragonfly pictures have either one wing or the other out of focus.)

overexposure vs purposeful mood

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

if i had done it on purpose, i'd be fine with that, but i wanted it glowy and with fewer hotspots, especially on the body. :) i had to post-process it to make it look halfway decent.

with my camera it's hard to get the exposure right in really bright conditions because i can't see the LCD screen well enough, and it's kinda small.

but i am glad you like my pictures!

[pameladean]

Ooo, blue dasher! That's what they generally look like to me, in the sun. I guess nature doesn't get it about exposure, eh?

P.

[prairierabbit.livejournal.com]

OOoooo! The detail on the wings and the grass is amazing.