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With matching colors...fine work. Br Hannu

Beautiful shot

Ali

An attractive capture with very good details and a gorgeous background.

Really nice macro Nima!  But... being me, I 'had' to try a little bit of 'finishing' work on it...

Iit is an excellent macro shot as-is, but with the usual less-than-desirable effects of the very short DOF.  Add to that a bit of digital noise.

So... I did a quick bit of touch-up that you 'might' want to consider... maybe not.

Mostly I locally sharpened by a small amount using high-pass sharpening.  I also removed a bit of noise under the lower tail portion using the soften brush.  Oh... almost forgot.  I added a bit of fill-flash.

All that is just my nit-picky nature.  The fact remains... this is a superb macro shot!

Thank you very much Dave, your work on my photo is awesome, the photo got so sharp . unfortunetly I'm not very good at photoshop , again thank you very much. best regards. Nima

Like your macro photo, colours and motive. But I see Dave's improvement makes it even better. Much can be done in photoshop, but your startingpoint is good.

Sidsel

Hi Nima,

A fine close up image of this beautiful dragonfly.

The use of the term "macro" is not correct, unless the lens used was a "true macro lens" (not one with the term "macro" as used to indicate a close focusing range).

A true macro lens is designed for a flat field, and well corrected lens for close up imaging starting at 1:3 up to 2:1 (twice life size) work. Super macro work goes from 2:1 to over 6:1 in some cases.

The 200 mm used at F/4 is generally a good start with a quality lens , since the clarity level is preserved.

Best Regards, Mike

Rather than engaging in a mindless and pedantic rant about  this excellent "near macro photography" shot, I'll say that the lighting is well done (guess you could  use the quick selection tool on the facial shadow and then, under Image>Adjustment  you could adjust  it in either the  Brightness/Contrast or the Shadows/Highlights windows.

Those of us who work in the field  know that even a 500 mm lens can make a very fine closeup image when you don't have the opportunity to get close to the subject.

Nice  work. You  and Dave make a great team  :-)