Caught!

BrentC · Jul 10, 2017

Doesn't take much.

1. Hanging by a thread

Hanging by a Thread by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

2. Size don't matter

weepete · Jul 10, 2017

Very nice mate! Unusual shots but you've nailed it with these

In fact, you have just been nominated for POTM for the Dragonfly shot

July 2017 Photo of the Month Nominations

BrentC · Jul 10, 2017

weepete said:
Very nice mate! Unusual shots but you've nailed it with these

In fact, you have just been nominated for POTM for the Dragonfly shot

July 2017 Photo of the Month Nominations

Wow...thanks!

Steven Dillon · Jul 11, 2017

Nice. Did you help the bee out of the web?

Poor thing - we need our bees.

BrentC · Jul 11, 2017

Steven Dillon said:
Nice. Did you help the bee out of the web? Poor thing - we need our bees.

Nah, I let nature take its course. At the marsh there was probably 3-5 bee's for every square feet. Been a long time I walked somewhere where there was a constant buzz of bees.

ZombiesniperJr · Jul 11, 2017

Nice set deserved nomination

BrentC · Jul 11, 2017

ZombiesniperJr said:
Nice set deserved nomination

Thanks Logan.

crimbfighter · Jul 11, 2017

Love the dragonfly shot!

BrentC · Jul 11, 2017

crimbfighter said:
Love the dragonfly shot!

Thanks!

weepete · Jul 11, 2017

BrentC said:
Wow...thanks!

No problem buddy. There's all kinds of structural stuff going on with that shot. Leading lines from the web takes you to nice sharp colourful eyes, the curve of the body almost bringing the eye out the frame when you are snapped back to the in focus legs reminicant of rotor blades then round in a circle to the wings and back to the web again. the pose looks like its banking in mid air which adds to the suspense (yep) and general helicopter likeness and the tiny other fly in the web which almost looks like the dragonfly was chasing it. Unusual to have so many compositional elements in a macro shot that just work so well together.

jcdeboever · Jul 11, 2017

Great shots Brent

ShutterVan · Jul 11, 2017

Very nice shots - outstanding. I like the first over the second but both are great. Hanging by a thread seems very appropriate - I've worked around bees allot and plan to macro some pretty soon while they are in the hive.

Derrel · Jul 11, 2017

Nice photos, Brent!

rosh4u · Jul 11, 2017

Nice shot of dragonfly Brent which has been snapped so preciously and you did it so well. Keep the work Up!!

BrentC · Jul 12, 2017

weepete said:
BrentC said:

Wow...thanks!

Click to expand...

No problem buddy. There's all kinds of structural stuff going on with that shot. Leading lines from the web takes you to nice sharp colourful eyes, the curve of the body almost bringing the eye out the frame when you are snapped back to the in focus legs reminicant of rotor blades then round in a circle to the wings and back to the web again. the pose looks like its banking in mid air which adds to the suspense (yep) and general helicopter likeness and the tiny other fly in the web which almost looks like the dragonfly was chasing it. Unusual to have so many compositional elements in a macro shot that just work so well together.

Thanks weepete, this helps a lot. I am still at the point where I know when something looks good to my eye but not the technical reasons why until someone explains it to me. Good composition is something I really need to work at, I'm lacking this in a lot of my photography, and posts like this help me learn.