pgmoni (2556) [2009-10-13 3:20]

Good picture, a very typical pose, with good color and excellent use of the somewhat limited DOF. The BG is only very slightly distracting.
The species is Sympetrum striolatum, male.

pgmoni (2556) [2009-08-26 3:53] [comment]

The picture is nice, but the note is a problem : yoyr DAMSELFLY is NOT an anisoptera, but a zygoptera (genus calopteryx). Hence you have posted a long note that is irrelevant and actually detrimental to our common understanding of Nature... It would have been better to leave it out if you were not sure of your identification...

pgmoni (2556) [2009-08-21 11:33]

That'a good picture indeed, with great colors on an ideal bg. We miss the eye contact, but get a good view of the wings instead to compensate.
However, it is not a bumblebee. It is a solitary, not a social, apidae sub-family xylocopinae, also known as Carpenter Bees. Watch out they sting pretty badly , I'm told (never was stung myself!)

pgmoni (2556) [2009-08-17 0:05] - [workshop] [compare] [+]

Your picture is interesting, especially as the eyes area is quite in focus, giving presence to your "monster". The problem however is the blue, flat overtone given by the surrounding color.
A simple correction like auto-color in Photoshop goes a long way to making the image more natural and attractive. I see you don't allow workshops, or I would have tried it myself...
Your makrhi belongs to the family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)

pgmoni (2556) [2009-08-16 12:55]

Bonne photo malgré des conditions de contraste difficile. On voit beaucoup de détails, ce qui en fait une image très "documentaire".
C'est un carabidae, en effet. Pseudoophonus rufipes, ou un Ophonus sp. Il y a plusieurs espèces qui se ressemblent étroitement, je ne crois pas qu'il soit possible d'aller plus loin sur photo...

pgmoni (2556) [2009-08-16 12:40]

Wow! That's almost perfect. Extra-sharp across all the lenghth of your subject, and that's difficult ot achieve indeed with those in-flight shots. Just perhaps slightly overexposed in spots.
Good work.

pgmoni (2556) [2009-08-16 12:32]

Attractive picture of Melanargia larissa. I like the contrast and colors. The pose of the butterfly and the POV are very good. I agree that the focus and depth of field could have been better. Overall an excellent and interesting image.

pgmoni (2556) [2009-08-16 12:25]

Hi Caterine
An attractive composition, an almost faultless lighting : this is great picture of "l'écaille chinée" !
Well done indeed.

pgmoni (2556) [2009-08-15 8:11] [+]

Nice close-up of Decticus verrucivorus, the Wart-Biter. Indeed a tettigoniidae.

pgmoni (2556) [2009-08-13 11:35] [+]

Splendid photo of a fly (Diptera) ;°)
It is the syrfid (Hover-fly) Volucella pellucens, female.