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Twelve-spotted Pond Skimmer
Twelve-spotted Pond Skimmer
quadangle


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Insects (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Gervais Mill Pond, Little Canada, MN
Date: Sep 4, 2003
Aperture: 10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2003

I went to a favorite pond area of mine to see if I could find a type of dragonfly that I had seen there before and came across a beautiful specimen! It is a male Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella).

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 137
Avg (all users): 7.1429
Avg (commenters): 7.6250
Avg (participants): 7.0000
Avg (non-participants): 7.3889
Views since voting: 2227
Votes: 147
Comments: 20
Favorites: 3 (view)


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09/30/2003 06:25:29 AM
Originally posted by quadangle:

It's pretty obvious that a few people deliberately voted low for my photo after I critiqued their images and they couldn't take the constructive criticism. Okay, so maybe I was a little bit too honest in my comments. I guess I have to kiss butts from now on and no longer offer any suggestions. Yes, from now on I will only post positive comments telling everyone how great their photos are.


how would they know the photo they were voting on was yours?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/20/2003 07:10:04 AM
Talk about a wonderful photo! This is a great shot! Exceptional closeup, and great detail.....way to go!
09/19/2003 02:07:02 PM
wow you really know your bugs. Looks like you know a bit about cameras to. this photo is excellent.
09/15/2003 08:11:01 AM
Thank you to everyone who gave me positive feedback! I really appreciate your support and enthusiasm.

Message edited by author 2003-10-19 16:05:17.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/14/2003 12:14:13 PM
A bit more DOF would have been nice to get the wing tips in focus, but this is a great insect portrait. Lots of detail and well balanced.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/12/2003 03:17:19 PM
Stunning shot of this dragonfly! Most of the ones I have seen haven't captivated me like this one. Fabulous!!
09/12/2003 01:27:28 PM
Very nice shot! Love the detail on this guy... great work!
09/12/2003 01:00:34 PM
Beautiful in lighting, color and clarity. Good job
09/10/2003 03:14:15 PM
Very crisp focus. Nice.
09/09/2003 08:06:24 AM
Lovely shot, very well done, my only sort of suggestion (which I could not accomplish with my shot either) was to have less \'space\' behind him, giving him more room to \'fly\' into.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/09/2003 06:09:44 AM
very nice skimmer, nice color and nice composition with the curved twig
09/09/2003 02:19:13 AM
The background texture fits so well. Wonderful focus!
09/08/2003 04:01:45 PM
Great close-up of a dragonfly, especially since those suckers don't stay in one place very long. The background could use some more colors though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/08/2003 03:32:48 PM
Beautiful shot, nice and sharp.
09/08/2003 01:59:15 PM
Very tempted to give a 10 but looks like the flash is bit overdone. But what a beautiful specimen.
09/08/2003 01:12:38 PM
Classic Dragonfly shot. I like the way you have enough DOF to almost get the whole bug in focus. You need a lot for that angle.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/08/2003 09:32:11 AM
Very well done...love the colors.
09/08/2003 06:43:14 AM
Libellula pulchella -
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/07/2003 11:55:19 PM
Nice shot - pretty amazing DOF with the wings pretty sharp from edge to edge. What lens did you take this with? The problem with this type of shot is that you don't get too see much detail, becasue the head/body are relatively small. Background is nicely blurred.
09/07/2003 08:35:39 PM
Excellent catch! It appears in need of a car-wash.


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