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Flying jewel

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Posted by Bertl Menegoni on July 9, 2010 at 1:28 AM
Flying jewel
Hi all,
a few days ago I was out at a near pond with loads of
Damselflies and Dragonflies. Here I show you one. I dont
know the name in English. These guys are really flying
jewels.

7D; Tamron 180 + 1,5, 200ISO, f9, 1/125

Thanks for looking, C and C always welcome

:wavey: Bertl
Posted by Phil Mclean on July 9, 2010 at 6:55 AM
Beautiful colours on the damselfly and nice and sharp on the head and thorax.Not quite got the angle on the insect as the tail goes more oof.I like the lighter areas of the background but you start to lose the wing details in the darker areas.

Phil. :wavey:
Posted by Austin Thomas on July 9, 2010 at 7:11 AM
The head is incredibly detailed Bertl and the dark BKGR really makes it stand out.

DOF or subject movement has affected the end of the tail a little.

Cheers

Austin
Posted by Dale Sutton on July 9, 2010 at 8:40 AM
Very nice shot Bertl.

Dale :toast:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on July 9, 2010 at 1:32 PM
Phil and Austin,
yes I should have taken f11 I know,
I choosed f8 because the rather strong wind :frown:
Bertl
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 9, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Nice tones and colours with a good background. I tend to play around with f9 and f10. Its only slightly out and if the focus plane was slightly different it may make all the difference required.

Beautiful.

Ian
Posted by David Taylor on July 9, 2010 at 3:38 PM
A jewel indeed. Excllent.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 9, 2010 at 4:05 PM
Nits covered. Very attractive insect, it almost looks as if it has a lighting element on its back.
Posted by Craig Jones on July 9, 2010 at 6:47 PM
Lovely image love the dark/light in this image brings out the colours and detail in the subject alot more I feel,wonderful Bertl :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Barry Southon on July 9, 2010 at 10:10 PM
Bertl

A very attractive image well caught.
:wink:
Posted by Karen Summers on July 10, 2010 at 6:23 AM
certainly the right description a Jewel they are, lovely image