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Blue Damselfly
Blue Damselfly
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Blue III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: Melbourne, FL
Date: Nov 9, 2008
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160s
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 11, 2008

 Taken in Melbourne Florida on dirt road next to swamps.
New at editing.
Cropped, adjusted color and tones.

[Nov. 15th, 2008 10:25:36 PM]

This little guy was easy to sneak up on. I try different tecniques when approaching these little guys. What sometimes works is laying on the ground about ten feet from one and slowly inching towards them at their level. It keeps you from appearing as this giant threat standing over them. (It also tends to make your cloths dusty and it really sucks if you happen to crawl over an ant hill) :) I almost didn't enter this photo because of the light blue or turquoise look that the Damselfly has, but I decided to take something green in my left hand and something blue in my right hand and hold them on either side of the Damselfly, and sure enough, it looked Blue. I certainly appreciate the comments that I have received and thank everyone who voted.

Statistics
Place: 102 out of 186
Avg (all users): 5.2217
Avg (commenters): 5.8000
Avg (participants): 4.8814
Avg (non-participants): 5.3457
Views since voting: 1210
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 221
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/15/2008 04:49:06 PM
Great shot! It might be my screen calibration, but the dragon fly looks more green than blue... if that's the case, you can always change the green hue into a blue in camera raw (allowed under basic editing)... IMO if the dragon fly was more blue, then it would score much higher... great sharp focus thought =)
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 11/14/2008 10:54:58 AM
Great photos. I love the coloration of the dragonfly.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/14/2008 08:27:35 AM
Nice crisp focus on the main part of the body. I can actually see his little hairs on his back. Intersting prespective. Looks like he is trying to get away from you. I really like the muted tones of your backgrond. The damselfly I took wasn't near as colorful as this one. Here is mine [thumb]608371[/thumb] Pus I couldn't get as close as you seem to have gotten. Nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/13/2008 12:17:14 PM
The damselfly is dominated by the branch and the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/12/2008 06:55:20 PM
How did you manage to capture such a lovely shot. The focus and composition and colour are all great. And the little critters will hardly stay still. 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/12/2008 12:24:40 PM
This little damselfly is a difficult shot and you did really well with the focus and DOF. I like that you caught him on a reddish branch. It really helps bring out the color blue. What a little cutie. He looks like he's sporting jet packs! Great image!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/12/2008 03:38:53 AM
I think this would work better in a green challenge. Nice dof.
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