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• Mana (16346)
• [2007-06-17 4:29]

Hi Matthew,
Awesome macro of this damselfly.Immaculate sharpness and very neat and clear details. Lovely colours, fine focus and perfect use of flash. Excellent head-on POV to portray it. I like its gorgeous eyes and the catch light on them as also its hairy mouth. Very nicely composed and presented. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• alguazul (713)
• [2007-06-17 4:32]

A very good green atmosphere. I like colours.
Has conseguido un magnífico acercamiento.

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• deblink (1256)
• [2007-06-17 4:44]

A truly fantastic image Matthew, what more can I say. Wonderful work.
Cheers,
Debbie

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• parthasarathi (1119)
• [2007-06-17 5:50]

Nice shot and observation, Thanks.

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• volkan (6258)
• [2007-06-17 6:01]

Hi Matt,
Excellent close up capture with full of details.
Sharpness,POV and the background is outstanding.
TFS

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• Heyshamite (2179)
• [2007-06-17 6:17]

Hi Matthew,
This is a super macro of this damselfly.
I would suggest you treat yourself to an 'angle-finder' to save you getting down flat on the ground.
Regards,
Peter

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• pankajbajpai (14202)
• [2007-06-17 6:59]

hi matthew,
nice macro shot of the damsfly, very good pov, nice dof, lovely colours,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• hester (10944)
• [2007-06-17 8:04]

Nice macro shot, sharp with a great POV and stunning colours

TFS

Karan

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• marhowie (34537)
• [2007-06-17 9:14]

Excellent macro work Matt,
I like everything about this one.
Howard

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• gurupawan (1753)
• [2007-06-17 9:45]

HI matt,

This is what is called daring composition and with prefect sharpness and BG , love this pic for its great macro. It really amazes me.

Tfs

Pawan

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• fartash (10175)
• [2007-06-17 9:46]

Hello Matthew
Fantastic closeup of this damselfly,
Great details,composition and sharpness,
Perfect DOF and BG,Superb shot,friend.

Good Luck
Fartash

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• ramthakur (25028)
• [2007-06-17 11:12]

Matthew, I agree with you; dragonflies and damselflies are generally very cooperative during photo shoots :-).
I had experienced a similar situation a few months back when a damselfly chanced to visit us. Fortunately, it had taken position on our fig tree at the eye level, so I had no need to lie flat on the ground. I shot it until my memory stick was full and the little thing was still there!
This is a wonderful macro of the eyes and face of a beautifully coloured damsel. Using tripod gives you the best of details and the colours too are delightful in this picture. Only the fill flash has the tendency to bounce off the eyes.
Great point of view and remarkable DOF.
Well done and TFS.

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• Pentaxfriend (5493)
• [2007-06-17 12:44]

Hi Matthew,

Superb close-up
Perfect sharp details
Lovely compo and colours
good POV, DOF and BG

TFS Thijs

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-06-17 22:41]

Hello Matthew

A superb close up of this damselfly.The eye detail is wonderful.Well done on the DOF and POV.The BG and colours are excellent.TFS

rob

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• angybone (7204)
• [2007-06-18 7:25]

Amazing detail and superb focus. WOW! This is so interesting...the colors of the eyes and the 'almost' expression on the face. Very cool!

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• SelenE (12188)
• [2007-06-18 8:35]

Wow, what a POV! Seems as if he's going to fly out from the screen. Colors, focus, sharpness and composition is very good. Well done and TFS Matthew.
Selen

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• marmottelolo (14467)
• [2007-06-18 10:53]

bonjour matthew
felicitations car cette agrion est vraiment de petite taille et ce n'est vraiment pas evident de reusir un gros plan avec autant de details;
laurent

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• blakitan (5449)
• [2007-06-19 2:53]

Hi Matthew,
Excellent macro shot.
Perfect DoF, well focused, great details.

BL

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• lawhill (2036)
• [2007-06-19 9:29]

Hello Matthew,
Fantastic close up, very colorful with
sharp focus, beatiful view of the head,
well done TFS.
best regards/Lawhill

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• Alex99 (14629)
• [2007-06-19 12:16]

Hi Matthew.
I see you have used a great set of equipment for macro shooting. The image of this insect is really great. Sharpness and details, lighting and colours are perfect as well as the composition of the picture. With this equipment DOF cannot be large but for insect "portrait" pictures this is a great choice. Bravo and kind regards.
Alexei.

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• horia (12472)
• [2007-06-19 20:09]

Hi Matt

This is an outstanding shot!!!
You did great to go to all thattrouble to take this photo; it was definitely worth it.
The details you managed to get here are most impressive and the sharpness and clarity of every texture is amazing.
The POV is also excellent and the DOF is great, too!
Wonderful work all in all.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• Signal-Womb (10933)
• [2007-06-20 6:43]
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Hi Matthew, fantastic details on head with a close composition to enhance look of the macro. I would love to buy such a macro lens and get into this stuff, a change from landscapes.. Regards Steve.

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• SunToucher (8866)
• [2007-06-20 7:06]

Hi Matthew,
Very stunning macro work with great details in both the damselfly as well as the leaf. Superb work on the DOF and exposure. The colors really seem to pop. The flash did illuminate the colors even more.
TFS,
Niek

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• cicindela (6980)
• [2007-06-23 11:56]

Hello Matthew!
Yes, this is really close close-up ;> Very good details and fantastic DOF. POV is also excellent.
This is probably a male specimen (usually males are blue in damselflies) but the name of species is unknown for me :(
TFS and have a nice evening!
Radomir

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• mlines (2560)
• [2007-06-28 15:21]

Hi Matt. Another remarkable macro. You really know how to set your camera for these crystal clear photographs. Excellent colours. Keep up the great work. Murray.
PS Tks for gum comment- actually W.P.Hills.

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• gannu (10736)
• [2007-07-06 1:08]

What a macro shot. Lovely I wonder how a close shot can be so powerful. Well done TFS Ganesh