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Common Blue Damsel-monster

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Posted by Andy Astbury on June 27, 2012 at 3:52 PM
Common Blue Damsel-monster
Inside the fold of a Fox Glove leaf sat Mrs. Damsels' blue eyed baby boy...

...and not an MPE65 in sight, or a tripod either come to that.

Full frame/zero crop
D3
200ISO
1/320th f16
Posted by John Robinson on June 27, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Needs a shave like me .Different approach-Good stuff.
JR

Posted by Stephen Kaluski on June 27, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Cracking image Andy, love the detail, colour and overall depth contained within the image. Impressive stuff, is this with the new kit?

TFS
Judith
Posted by Nick Mckeown on June 27, 2012 at 4:20 PM
Eyeball to eyeball works for me! Impressive handheld shot too!

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey:
Posted by Matt Cole on June 27, 2012 at 4:45 PM
I do like the lighting here Andy, as Steve says it does give the image depth. It doesn't look like it, but the light must have been pretty strong given your settings. Good detail too (considering you weren't using an MPE65 :biggrin: )

Matt :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 27, 2012 at 4:54 PM
Not especially Matt - only a single diffused SB800 in this particular instance :cool:
Posted by Barry Southon on June 28, 2012 at 5:20 AM
Andy

You're getting good at these, I'm sure I saw a friend of his yesterday.

:wink:
Posted by David Sewell on June 28, 2012 at 5:25 AM
He looks a bit mean! Great pose, Andy.

David
Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 28, 2012 at 1:31 PM

Expertly done as always, the POV is very nice; Andy. A real view into the dragon's lair, well damsel's lair really :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on June 29, 2012 at 4:27 AM
Different and excellent. Perfectly lit too :toast:

Dave
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on June 29, 2012 at 4:56 AM
Hi Andy very nice I do like the POV.

Phil.

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Phil Ellard on June 29, 2012 at 1:59 PM
as ever :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Neil Burton on July 3, 2012 at 7:53 AM
Still dont know how you guys get so close to them. Hats off, great detail in there.