In love

A pair of Damselflies being very friendly

It's a shame about the piece of grass in the background, I'd remove it if I could but it looks difficult to do and my Photoshop skills aren't quite that good.

Konica Minolta Dynax 7D
Sigma 70-300 Super macro 2
1/300th second
f5.6
ISO 100
210mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Hand held

Nice image Geoff. The grass in the BG isn't too off putting. Nice close up work mate!
Paul.

Nice image here, I spent all summer trying to get a perfect shot of thisand never quite pulledit off, everytime one of them was slightly out of plane of focus or ackground was naff, this is an excellent image, not a lot can be done about the grass in bg, nice one

Agree, great image and one I have not got the patience for. The grass would be a bugger to clone between the wings :o

Well done for getting both Damsels sharp. Not an easy task. I do find the OOF grass distracting but they are in their natural environment. If you are going to photograph them where you find them it is nigh impossible to get a decent perch and BG. The "perfect" shots you see normally involve a cold box and a water sprayer.

Geoff I think this is one of your better shots, as the colour looks more faithful/true and it does not have an over saturation or slight colour cast. Yes the BG is rather clutter and distracting and perhaps the loss of the diagonal stem would have been better, but all good experience. Still a nice shot.

The "perfect" shots you see normally involve a cold box and a water sprayer. - Maggie not sure if this falls within the Wildlife code of practice

Good one Geoff

All nits/crit already covered

I like it very much

sweet image this can t be easy to get well done