In Flagrante Damsels

After seeing the wonderful shots in
http://naturesbestblog.com/ - congrats to Danny as well... I remembered I had a similar damsel shot from July...

Technical Info:

Olympus E-3, 50-200 SWD + EC+14 @f4.9, 283mm (wide open) ISO 100, 1/200s handheld

Taken at RSPB Fowlmere, 6th July 2009

I'm not sure if it is this works monitor but it seems like this could stand a touch of sharpening Andy. Other than that the square format suits the composition and the insects are nicely isolated against the background. At the risk of upsetting the purists I think I might be tempted to try to remove the bottom leaf.
Robert

Hi Andy

I too like the comp but it could do with being a bit sharper

I like the squar crop but would prefer a tad more space all around.
Sharpening issues have been mentioned.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

I'd changed my export preferences from Lightroom - here's a revised one for web presentation.

Superb capture---
Jennifer

repost looks much sharper, a nice shot. It's never easy to get them both in the plane of focus.

Matt

Excellent shots, but I do prefer the ssecond one.

Your second image looks that much better for your sharpening.

Major

That second one really pops Really nice and colourful behavioural shot.

Simon