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Four spotted chaser

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Posted by Paul King on May 19, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Four spotted chaser
Must be one of the earliest I have seen, mind you its been real warm in the ditch.

D2x 70~300 1/350th ISO 200 f5.6

Thanks for looking
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 19, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Beautiful warm colours-pin sharp an a lovely clean background-The reed is abit bright but doesnt detract too much-overall a cracker

Dave :toast:
Posted by eric weight on May 19, 2008 at 2:40 PM
Good DoF and excellent background. Nice one.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 19, 2008 at 2:58 PM


Very nice capture Paul , excellent BG , i'll doing them myself this weekend :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Alan Woolnough on May 19, 2008 at 3:04 PM
Lovely shot Paul.............very vivid colour :eek:

Nicely done :toast:

Alan
Posted by Stuart McCrae on May 19, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Nice,great sharpness :smile: agree the stem is a tad bright,but not a deal breaker.

Stu.
Posted by Matt Cole on May 19, 2008 at 5:26 PM
a lovely shot, a slight shame about the stem, but very nice in all other regards.

Matt
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on May 20, 2008 at 2:19 AM
I agree about the stem, but nevertheless a very nice picture.
Posted by Paul Inglis on May 20, 2008 at 7:41 AM
Hi Paul,

Superb detail! Awesome image!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on May 20, 2008 at 8:48 AM
Nice capture, great DoF, yes, shame about the stem and the bit of fluff at the end of the right hindwing.

Greg
Posted by Magnus Hird on May 21, 2008 at 2:33 PM
More great detail, nits covered :smile:
Posted by Elliott Neep on May 22, 2008 at 4:46 AM
Its funny really. I first looked at this and though "wow!". Then I scroll down and read the comments and pick up on the small nits that I really had not even noticed. Yep, the reed is a little blown, but easily remedied I would have thought - during raw process. The image is a little bright so you could drop the whole exposure. The fluff really doesn't concern me at all as all the attention is on the middle of the wings and body which are beautifully crisp. :toast: :toast: :toast: