Dragonfly on a twig

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• WTS (1405)
• [2009-10-13 9:52]
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Carol I know what you mean trying to catch a shot of one of these, really have to watch the pattern they use.
I have not seen a pattern on the wings like that here (that I know of)
Good macro and detail on your subject, DOF turned out well.
I did a workshop only because my monitor seemed to show a slight blue hue to the bg wood, hope you don't mind.

Wayne

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• fransx (8004)
• [2009-10-13 9:53]

Hi Carol,
An amazing capture of this golden dragonfly!
Here you made great use of shallow DOF!
Great details on the head and the marvelous wings which seem to be made of lace!
I like the diagonal branch with marvelous light green leaves and the blurred BG.
Very neat presentation.
Best regards,

Francis Xavier

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• przem (338)
• [2009-10-13 10:37]

hi Carol,
beautiful..., extraordinary delicate structure of wings weighty
best regards
Przem

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• teamill (5172)
• [2009-10-13 10:49]
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Ah, your persistance paid off my friend. Nice composition with the stem of the plant going at a partial diagonal ... the dragon fly is well placed within the shot. Nice and sharp on the body and on the wings .. where it counts. Those wings .. wow, what intricate detail! Nature is truly amazing isn't it?
Great shot Carol.
Looking forward to seeing some of the weekend hike :)
Hope all is well amigo .. I'm trying to stay warm here!
Trudy

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• roges (4728)
• [2009-10-13 11:03]

Hi Carol,
What beautiful captures! Interesting play.
Excellent colors.
Have a nice evening,
Adrian

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• marianas (1607)
• [2009-10-13 12:44]

Carol
What a great POV.
Very sharp details, lovely colors,wonderful shot.
Congratulation for this master shot!
Mariana

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• dilshan74 (1949)
• [2009-10-13 17:33]

Hi Carol!

Nice to see you here again! This is a very well thought out and nicely exposed shot of this bronze Dragon fly and from the looks of things you enjoyed this experience. I photograph a lot of Dragons here in Brunei and they are very frustrating to capture sometimes but chances are they always come back to the same spot and you have to work your way closer to them each time. It is worth the patience though and as this shot demonstrates the results are very gratifying. The sharpness is excellent here and the colours look very natural. The climber in the BG actually enhances the shot with its S-shaped path and there is good exposure control of the whole scene. Well done and thanks for your informative notes also. Great work!

regards,

Dilshan

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• messenger1 (4272)
• [2009-10-14 3:03]

Hi, Carol -
I like the long portrait format to compliment the orientation of the twig and the dragonfly's long body. You were patient to make all of those attempts to get this shot - the fine details of the intricate wings are nice and sharp. Very nicely done.

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• alee8891 (423)
• [2009-10-15 4:43]

hi carol
that what i call sharpness...great picture

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• Scharan2 (4281)
• [2009-10-17 15:49]

Olá Carol

Uma bonita e interessante foto desta
libélula de asas rendadas transparentes...
Belas cores e composição.
Parabéns
GA
Vera

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• janneman (984)
• [2009-10-21 12:38]

Oh yes sir ! -)
Like your PP work : good composition by cropping.
Fine detail in the wings, chest, ...

A " maybe " :
did you play with " brightness " ?
I think it could use a " tad " more
( love that word - picked it up from you, normally I would use " a bit " hihi )
making the whole photo more vivid.

TFS Carol
See you later
Jan