Match Of The Magentas
A vertically-orientated version of my earlier post… I like this one better for the relative arrangements of the flower, the dragonfly and the surrounding leaves. What do you think?
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Matchmade In Magenta
A continuation of the Botanical Gardens series…
As I was busy composing my previous shot, Dad spotted this brightly coloured dragonfly perching on a water lily. A good thing about dragonflies — they tend to like posing still repeatedly on the same spot. I managed to squeeze off quite a number of pictures, refining the composition as I went along. This is one of those that I like (with the dragonfly pinsharp when I blow it up to 100% :)). I do have a portrait-orientated version of this with a different feel which I will post up within the next few posts.
ARPS #4 – Autumn’s Peace
Back to features on my ARPS panel…
Autumn’s Peace was taken at the MacRitchie Reservoir in June 2003 (there’s no autumn here in Singapore that’s for sure, contrary to the picture’s title!) during a gloriously sunny day. I chanced across a dried fallen leaf in the shallow edge of the reservoir. What caught my attention was the brightly coloured dragonfly perched upon a twig, which helped to bring life to the picture. (I must admit though, that due to size limitations on the web, the impact of the dragonfly in this web presentation is lost. The original enlarged print was much more impressive.)
This picture went on to win a Highly Commended Award (Photography Section) at the UOB Painting Of The Year Competition in the same year.
Exposure information – Camera: Canon Powershot G3, ISO 50, Shutter: 1/125 sec, Aperture: f/7.1, 35mm effective FL: 88mm, Metering mode: Spot, Exposure Mode: Manual