Dragons again!

GOLDENORFE

last couple of stacks from whixall mosses.
found these 2 on the handrails at the carpark beside the canal. had already packed up had to get gear out again.
natural light shot at f5 , very shallow dof resulting very blurred hand rail[ done this before ! ]
hope you like them.
phil







thanks for looking
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

dlplumer

OK, so this guy is alive. So how do you get these shots without them flying away

Great shots

Lord Vetinari

Lovely shots - esp like #3
Brian V.

GOLDENORFE

thanks Brian.

Dan - i have a "REALTREE" pattern camo fishing jacket, they cant see me when i creep up on them!
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Skippy

GOLDENORFE wrote:

last couple of stacks from whixall mosses.
found these 2 on the handrails at the carpark beside the canal. had already packed up had to get gear out again.
natural light shot at f5 , very shallow dof resulting very blurred hand rail[ done this before ! ]
hope you like them.
phil

thanks for looking
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Phil these are freaking awesome :ivar :ivar
Awesome...... excellent detail, #3 is an absolute Beauty
... Skippy
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GOLDENORFE

Skippy wrote:

Phil these are freaking awesome :ivar :ivar
Awesome...... excellent detail, #3 is an absolute Beauty
... Skippy
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thanks Maxine, glad you like them.
do you get any dragons where you live in summer?
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

tlee

I need to get one of those fishing jackets--bet the neighbors would think I'm crazy, out hunting for bugs, wearing "hunting" gear .

Wonderful images!

dlplumer

GOLDENORFE wrote:

thanks Brian.

Dan - i have a "REALTREE" pattern camo fishing jacket, they cant see me when i creep up on them!
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Phil, are you serious

Giphsub

:jawdrop

GOLDENORFE

thanks tlee & mike.
yes Dan, got a plain brown one also. go fishing alot! plenty of bugs where i go fishing also.
phil

jbrooks

Why does it look like such a line between blurry and focused here? Almost looks like it was blurred with a paint brush.

GOLDENORFE

jbrooks wrote:

Why does it look like such a line between blurry and focused here? Almost looks like it was blurred with a paint brush.

because the picture is made up of 5 images focus stacked, each one was taken at f5.6 , the very shallow depth of field of each frame is exagerated in higher magnifications & when they are stacked, you dont normally see this when using say f8 on a normally perched bug that is focus stacked.
all the frames have a similar blured line front & back of the focus point [which is only a couple of mm at these magnifications],the flat wooden rail it was on seems to show this more.
the software only recognises the sharp focus parts of the image, not the softer blurred parts, so it only stacks the sharp bits which then stand out from the blurred areas.
phil