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Dragonfly. My first attempt at macro with living subjects.

Beautiful. Please keep photographing and posting.

I came from your W/NW post. I really like the colours here -- they give a nice sombre (almost wintry) feeling that fits well with the dead leaf. I really like dragonflies and have quite a few recent shots of them that you might like -- but, I shoot digital and I'm all the more impressed that you took this on film with a FM3A.

I came back today to look at rest of your portfolio and I just have to say that this picture just keeps getting better and better in my mind. I really do love the soft blues colours and the soft wings with tight, crisp body. It is quite unlike other dragonfly photos.

 

This deserves at 7/6 or 7/7 for sure -- but, it won't let me give you a 7 since you gave me one within the last 14 days. I try to remember to come back and see you new stuff in a while and 'up' this rating.

Thanks for your comments Xiang and Ian. I only had about ten seconds to set up my camera on a tripod, focus and fire off a couple of shots before the dragonfly flew away. Looking back, my only regret is that I should have backed up a little bit more to include the wing tip at the top left hand side.

 

Your comments are greatly appreciated.

 

regards

 

Jan

 

Esta me parece fabulosa. Los tonos frios del fondo y la suavidad del color me parecen una maravilla. Todo el detalle que recogen las alas y el tipo de composicion tienen mucho sentido para mi. No me importa que el ala este un poco cortada.