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Blue Dragonfly
Blue Dragonfly
dtallakson


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: S.California
Date: Jul 9, 2009
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 200
Date Uploaded: Jan 15, 2010

 I was happy to capture this photo. In the 30 some years I've had fish ponds this is only the second blue dragonfly I've seen. They may be common elsewhere but I only see the red ones around here. He posed very patiently for me, too. I would have liked to have gotten the eyes sharper but there was quite a stiff breeze and I was working without a tripod so this is as good as I could do under the circumstances.

Statistics
Place: 210 out of 445
Avg (all users): 5.8519
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.8063
Avg (non-participants): 6.0192
Views since voting: 697
Views during voting: 404
Votes: 243
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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 11/10/2013 04:29:42 PM
LOL you got a 9 from me!
 01/28/2010 07:39:06 PM
Great looking macro Dale - lots of detail and love that blue! I've never been able to get this close to a dragonfly so congrats on a nice shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2010 05:09:04 PM
definitely oversaturated , but it does make it "pop" out of the image. I like the composition. 7
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 01/27/2010 04:41:43 PM
Very clean & crisp macro.....6
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 01/27/2010 08:59:36 AM
great contrasting colors.
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 01/27/2010 05:22:25 AM
Stunning close up. Lovely dof and very nice detail.
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 01/25/2010 11:07:08 PM
wow great macro
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 01/25/2010 09:31:00 AM
nice and symmetrical
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 01/25/2010 03:23:09 AM
really good detail in the wings...not an easy shot to get as these buggers tend to move around alot!!
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 01/24/2010 02:04:17 PM
Ohhhhhh! Just a little tighter crop.......
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 01/24/2010 12:38:38 PM
He's cross eyed. LOL Fantastic colors.
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 01/23/2010 06:03:34 PM
Amazing capture, but the processing makes it look unnatural. 7
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 01/23/2010 09:54:55 AM
Stunning blue, very nice composition and detail.
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 01/22/2010 08:54:38 PM
very cool colors. nice detail in wings. needs a little more detail in the head area IMO
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 01/22/2010 06:10:43 PM
Beautiful color.
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 01/22/2010 09:57:54 AM
Lighting a bit hars but well captured. Placing in frame maybe not to good and would prefer different crop
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