Emerald damselfly

Thanks for all the comments on my last post.

Here is a female emerald damselfly (I think its lestes sponsa) taken back in July at my local nature reserve.

Imported with ACR, processed in CS6. Canon 7D, EF100mm f/2.8L IS macro USM lens, Canon 430EXII flashgun, Apollo diffuser, handheld. Slight crop from top and RHS. ISO 200, f/8, 1/250 sec, manual mode.

C's and c's welcome as usual.

Thanks.

nice comp, detail and colours look cracking

Good detail and colours. The only thing I think would have improved it would have been to take several images with the focus at different points and merge them using CombineZP or something similar to stack them. Easier said than done in my experience.

David

Stunning colours and good comp. I can see where David S is coming from but as this is tack sharp from head to tail I think I'd be happy enough to lose the wings. I cannot even get one shot let alone a stacking set !

You would need a lot of stacked images with this damselfly as the wings are always held out at an odd angle and as David says it would need a very still subject. Great image and great colours Paul, your Macro technique is coming along nicely matey!

Nick.

Thanks David, stacking is a technique I'd like to try, but I can't remember a day this year without it being windy here. So its been impossible to try it out. I'll have to pack a wind break next year!

Thanks Robert and Phil.

Cheers Nick. I keep practising, but I'm still climbing that learning curve.

Thanks for looking everyone.