Mantis Silhouette

6 years 3 months ago #565721 by G Vernon
A common Spanish Mantis photographed against a low sun producing a silhouette by exposing on the back ground.



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6 years 3 months ago #565735 by Pitter
Nice one, looks like a sculpture.


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6 years 3 months ago #565748 by Tony Imaging
OK, I'll bite.  how did you pull this one off?  With the sun in the background that should have blown this image all the heck.  But it's not, you have great transition of colors and the silhouette is incredible.  Is this a composite?  


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6 years 3 months ago - 6 years 3 months ago #565762 by G Vernon
Hi Tony,
in the original NEF file yes without adjustment the outline of the sun is not defined, it´s not blown, all the data is still there, if you lower just the whites and highlights in Lightroom to zero the outline of the sun then becomes very apparent / clear. Reducing the exposure to -34 then makes the sun almost sharp. In PS later i can tint the image with a blue to a more vivid orange tint. You cant see from the image, but the sun was very low in the sky so quite weak, if i shot into a high midday sun i´d have some extra problems of glare and flair etc, but even that´s possible :-)


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6 years 3 months ago #565855 by Kyle Johnson
Nice! Well done! I really like this shot. 


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6 years 3 months ago #566045 by Lauren Grant
Perfect silhouette shot! Awesome light capture. 


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6 years 3 months ago #566104 by Bobby Mitchell
Nice composition! Good silhouette shot! 


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6 years 3 months ago #566196 by G Vernon
Thank you Kyle


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6 years 3 months ago #566197 by G Vernon
Thanks Lauren


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6 years 3 months ago #566198 by G Vernon
many thanks Bobby


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6 years 3 months ago #566826 by Eshan Rachit
Really good! 


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6 years 3 months ago #567189 by G Vernon
Thank you Eshan


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