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Northern Emerald

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Posted by Nick Mckeown on November 17, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Northern Emerald
Nikon D300 105mm Macro 1/30sec at F18 ISO 100 adjustments in Capture NX2

This is a teneral Northen Emerald dragonfly that I found newly emerged. It had some green fluid sticking its wings together which I managed to unstick but it left green blobs on the wings so I decided to do a close up of its head and body leaving the green blob outs. I like how the body looks metallic and the wings look really strong almost loke stained glass. Comments warmly welcomed.
Nick.
Posted by Matt Cole on November 17, 2011 at 4:02 PM
nice soft light, great detail and a lovely background. I'm not quite sure about the crop, though it perhaps depends how bad the green blobs were :biggrin:

Not a species I've seen myself.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on November 17, 2011 at 4:10 PM
Very sharp! I agree about the wings. I'd love to see the whole insect. Welcome to the forum - looking forward to seeing more.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on November 17, 2011 at 4:12 PM

Very good opening shot, Nick. As already mentioned by Matt the BG on this is just gorgeous and really helps isolate the DF.

Keep em coming :toast:

Andy...
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on November 17, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Great first image Nick. Love the colours and detail. I always find it hard to get a pleasing composition of a dragonfly when just showing its head and abdomen, but I think this works well :toast:

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on November 17, 2011 at 4:45 PM
A shame we cannot see the whole insect, but the bonus is the fabulous detail on the bits you have included.

David
Posted by Robert Lawrence on November 18, 2011 at 3:24 PM
As has already been said Nick, the detail and background are superb but aesthetically I'm afraid the crop doesnt work for me.