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dragonfly
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Copyright: Pankaj Bajpai (pankajbajpai) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1536 W: 101 N: 4346] (15161)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-12
Categories: Insects
Camera: Fuji Finepix S7000
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/220 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): workshops photos with minimum 3 points [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-10-25 3:26
Viewed: 1000
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A dragonfly is any insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera. It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body.

Dragonflies typically eat mosquitoes, midges and other small insects like flies, bees, and butterflies. They are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands because their larvae, known as "nymphs", are aquatic. Dragonflies do not normally bite or sting humans (though they will bite in order to escape, for example, if grasped by the abdomen); in fact, they are valued as a predator that helps control the populations of harmful insects, such as mosquitoes.
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Wow! A brilliant picture, Pankaj. I like the way you have captured it perching on top of the bud of a marigold flower.
Good POV and DOF, sharp focus and very pleasing colours.
I like your note too. If I am not too wide off the mark, this dragonfly is a Slender Skimmer -- I guess the same species the picture of which I posted today.
Well done and keep it going, man!
Ram

Hi Pankaj
Freezing the action of a dragonfly is not an easy task. You did it perfectly.
Pierre

Hi Pankaj,
I really love this picture. Those colors are great! I like the DOF you used that makes the dragonfly very detailed and let us see some nice blurred details on the BG. I like this composition too but, just for fun, I have tried a quick WS to see if a less centered composition could improve this very nice picture. Thanks,
Claudine

  • Great 
  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1424 W: 127 N: 5231] (23155)
  • [2006-10-27 10:38]

Hello Pankaj ! A very beautiful macro that you have done. I love the sharpness, the great DOF and the exposure. Superb background too. Thanks !

Mario

  • Great 
  • mlines Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 509 W: 17 N: 555] (2560)
  • [2007-01-09 16:49]

Hi Pankaj. A very classy brilliantly focussed shot of this dragonfly. One of my goals is to take some macros like this one day. Congratulations. Murray.

Hi Pankajbajpai;very sharp a dragonfly shot,eat mosquitoes!!very good your explanation...
Habema.
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