CHG_CANON wrote:
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Click on your own user name, above. This is a quick way to navigate to your profile. Then, click the link that is a count of your list of topics created. You've created two topics. Not sure where you're looking and not finding your original post. It was originally posted to Photo Analysis and was moved to the Photo Gallery. There are specific requirements in the Analysis section. Yours likely failed to meet those requirements and was moved to the Gallery.
Even less cumbersome is to click "Watched Topics", above. Topics you create or respond to are found in this list, until you manually remove the item from your watched list.
The image posted is fine. Areas to consider would be:
1. Shoot with a smaller aperture for more depth of field. This damselfly (not a dragonfly) would benefit from more the insect's body and wings being in sharp focus such as f/4 or f/5.6.
2. Place your focus point on the eyes. The focus is very sharp on the wing attachment. At f/2.8, the DOF of field did not extend to the cover the eyes.
3. Process the noise a bit more. This post seems straight out of camera? Very clean, but a bit more processing would help.
4. Given the image resolution available from the 5DIV, consider re-cropping to include just the damselfly and the stick where mounted, moving the insect to the upper right corner (1/3 intersection) and discarding the out of focus branch and leaves.
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Thank you for viewing and the critique. I'll try these suggestions and see how it looks. Again, still learning and points like this help me get better. Ken