This tiny little guy is an Eastern Amberwing dragonfly. He was photographed with a Canon DSLR and a 100 mm macro lens. The depth of field (area in sharp focus) is about half an inch. I shot this photo out by my mailbox a couple of years ago and actually have a more conventional print of it hanging in my office. This was an experiment to say the least. I first emailed it to myself and then processed it in an application called "Photogene" on my iPad. Then I emailed the reprocessed photo back to my desktop computer and brought it into Photoshop. The final manipulation was created using a Topaz Labs filter called Topaz Adjust 4. Some times you don't know where you're going with something when you start out and you're not even sure when you have the finished product. It's an exploration process that teaches you things that may or may not be useful in the long run. Many years ago when I thought I might like to be an artist of a different kind, I took a couple of painting classes. One of the things I remember my teacher saying was that you have to know when you have finished your painting and know that is when you should stop. This is an arbitrary process of course but the main point here is simple. Don't be afraid to play.
And always remember to work on a copy of your original photo.
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