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'Cumon If You Think You're Hard Enough'..!

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Posted by Brett Lewis on July 13, 2009 at 6:12 AM
'Cumon If You Think You're Hard Enough'..!
Just a bit of a fun image/encounter that isn't really posted for critique but just put a smile on my face. I was set up with my 150 Macro to capture this female Emperor dragon as she was ovipositing but these damsels settled right in front of her and were so dwarfed the title sprang to mind straight away..

Of course I could have backed off a bit to get them all in but I'd just got the tripod where I wanted it to capture the Emperor's repeat returns..

Anyway, a little bit of humor injected into a Monday morning, have a good day.

Brett :biggrin:


Canon 1D MkIII, Sigma 150mm Macro, Tripod
1/320 sec @ f14, ISO 400
Crop and resize in PS
Posted by Tim Munsey on July 13, 2009 at 6:27 AM
LOL, what a great capture and title! Really enjoyed that.

Tim
Posted by David Sewell on July 13, 2009 at 7:08 AM
Just what we need on a Monday morning. I smiled the moment I saw it. I don't think you should have been further back, whilst you would have got all of both species in the shot, the price would have been a huge loss of impact.

David

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Posted by Fran French on July 13, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Ha ha! Had a bad morning at work thismorning, cheered up by lunchtime after seeing this Brett. Nice one.

Fran :toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on July 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM
PMSL :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Cracking shot title Brett - belter matey :wavey:
Posted by Tim Gregory on July 13, 2009 at 11:06 AM
ROFL

Thats excellent! :wavey:
Posted by Nick on July 13, 2009 at 11:53 AM
May have bits missing and not be technically perfect etc Brett, but it's a brilliant shot for showing the difference in size between the species.

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Posted by John Robinson on July 13, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Great stuff !
JohnR
Posted by David Taylor on July 13, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Yes very funny indeed. :smile: :smile:

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Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 14, 2009 at 2:17 AM
This shot certainly made me smile. :smile:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 14, 2009 at 5:47 AM
Wonderful story in this shot and very well captured!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by PhilH on July 14, 2009 at 10:14 AM
LOL... super.....

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Posted by Justin on July 15, 2009 at 4:00 AM
A very apt title and a good amusing image :smile:
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 15, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Hello Brett.

Really like this.

Image like this dont happen very often, and you have done a great job here.

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Posted by Danny Green on July 17, 2009 at 4:00 AM
Cracking shot one of the best dragonfly shots I have seen because it is soooooo different from the rest of the usual boring stuff which just gets churned out fantastic images.

Danny :toast: :toast: :toast: