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Dragonfly


Dragonfly
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Copyright: Valerie Schnepp (valy67) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1409 W: 53 N: 1929] (5768)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-24
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 350D, Canon EF 18mm-55mm f/3.5 - f/5.6
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-07-24 8:00
Viewed: 816
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Weather is hot, very hot these last weeks (36°C in the afternoon), this is HELL for me. So, if I want to take photos, I have to do it early in the morning or late in the evening, when the air is still fresh - today I chose early in the morning.

It was approximately 6h30 when I went to the lake. There was nobody except me. A soft little wind, with the sweet scent of flowers, and the song of the tiny green frogs that live nearby. The sky was pink and yellow, and all these wonderful colors were reflecting in the water. Ducks and swans were waking up. This was wonderful - I really felt happy to be alive on this moment.

I did not find the red dragonfly I was looking for, but instead I found another wonderful Dragonfly. He was hanging on the leaf of some kind of willow tree and he was not at all afraid of me. I made some photos with the 55-200 lense, then I tried to get closer with the 18-55 mm lense. The dragon still didn't move. I made 50 or 60 photos of him, he was a wonderful model. Then he let me touch his wings and his abdomen, and he even hung himself on my finger for some seconds. Not a shy creature for sure ! :-)

I have no idea of its name, there are so many dragonfly species, and they look like each other so much ! I hope that there is someone here on TN that will be able to tell me the ID.

SkyF, hansh, ramthakur, eruyanik, csmnlm, jmp, ddg, phlr, chouette, scottevers7, cas_orla, red45, jeanpaul, pablominto, dew77, Comandante, Alex99, TAZ, Silke has marked this note useful
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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-07-24 8:09]

Bonjour Valerie,
very nice shot of this dragonfly. Sharp details and wondeful reflection on the wings. Excellent POV and very well composed.
TFS.>Sky

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1159 W: 255 N: 2639] (11925)
  • [2006-07-24 9:16]

Hi Valerie,

A good capture of this D fly,with nice colors,good exposure,well done and TFS,

Paul

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  • hansh Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 195 W: 1 N: 65] (266)
  • [2006-07-24 9:33]

Hello Valerie.
Very nice picture of this odonata. Sharpness is good, i like the POV you choose, with a nice blurred background. TFS.
Gr. Hans

What an interesting perspective to capture this dragonfly, Valerie!
Very good DOF, sharpness and colours.
TFS.

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  • Karin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 418 W: 5 N: 268] (2089)
  • [2006-07-24 10:08]

Bonjour Valerie,
Les détails sont excelents et on voit très bien la delicatesse de cette libellule.

Merci pour le partage

Hello Valerie,
Crystal clear picture. Sharpness, dof, pov are great. I like the overall color tone of this picture. It gives the feeling of early morning. Very well done.
JC

Hello Valérie,
i'm so happy to see your friend :-) Touching its wings and abdomen, you know its great indeed. It accepted you as a friend for sure! Great shot and details without flash. i think that this one is another skimmer maybe the same or close to mine (keeled skimmer), if what i said is true this should be a female. Congrats!
Ersin

Brilliant shot

salut valerie
il y a beaucoup de libellule de publier mais je ne m'en lasse pas tellement il y a de sortes,celle-ci est tres belle et surtout bien presentée sur son fond vert clair.
beau cliché.
laurent

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  • takos1 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 276 W: 25 N: 204] (2575)
  • [2006-07-24 10:43]

Ciao Valerie, molto delicata questa foto, dettagli bellissimi, brava!
Franco

Hi Valerie,
Very nice shot of this dragonfly ,good detail and POV,
Cheers TFS,
Cemil

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1836 W: 94 N: 2341] (8407)
  • [2006-07-24 13:23]

Hola Valerie,
Bonita libélula con alas cristalinas y una buena pose para tu punto de vista. La composición y el color son muy bonitos.
Gran colabadora esta libélula y útiles notas sobre la personalidad necesaria para tomar esta foto.
Un saludo,
José M.
Lo mismo pasa aquí de junio a septiembre con la temperatura y el horario de fotos.

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2006-07-24 14:41]

Es muy bueno regresar a TrekNature después de tanto tiempo y encontrar aficionados como usted presentes aquí.
Delicada macro con bellos detalles del insecto y el efecto de luz sobre sus alas.
Tal vez lo único cuestionable es el recorte elegido para su composicion.


It is very good for returning to TrekNature after as much time and to find enthusiastic as you present here.
Refined macro with beautiful details of the insect and the lighting effect on his wings.
Perhaps the one questionable thing is the enclose in a frame
elected for its composition.

Composition: ***
Sharpness: ****
Color: ****
DOF: ****
POV: ****
Note: ***

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 889 W: 23 N: 946] (5061)
  • [2006-07-24 14:51]

Bonjour Valerie, belle finesse de libellule, les nervures des ailes sont remarquables!! Teintes trés douces et de beaux reflets sur l'animal!! Félicitations, Didier.

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1276 W: 133 N: 874] (2804)
  • [2006-07-24 18:13]

Very good Valerie!
It's an Anisoptera, but I dont know the exact specie.
Very good DOF and details!
Very good on colours too!
5* and TFS!

Great closeup Valerie,
Beautiful colors, good DOF and POV. Excellent sharpness and details. TFS!

Hi Valerie,
WOW! an excellent shot on this dragonfly. Beautiful colors and sharp detail. The composition and OOF backround look superb. Great camera work here.
Scott

Good morning Valerie,
Just time for a very quick visit.
Nice shot. Thanks for posting.
Have a great week.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2841 W: 75 N: 8090] (27431)
  • [2006-07-25 9:26]

Hello Valerie!
Very nice 'air' POV, good details and colours. I think this is very young insect, maybe just after hatching. I like its wings with lightplay on them. Good, fresh shot.

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1383 W: 88 N: 955] (9194)
  • [2006-07-25 12:03]

hi Valerie
beautiful dragonfly photo. good composition. blured background, point of view, depth of field, details and frame are great
thanks for sharing
regards
izler

Salut Valerie
Quel magnifique prise de vue avec cette belle libellule! Les couleurs sont sublimes.La composition est très belle ainsi que les détails!
Merci et au revoir....JP

Hi Velerie,
Lovely details and I love this transparent look in your images lately!
A very fine pose from your model, textbook quality!
Superb colours and fine details, again well done!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hello Valerie,
Very nice capture.I liked POV,details,colors,framing and composition a lot.I prepered a quick ws for you hope you dont mind:)
TFS...:-)

Hi Valerie,
Wonderful capture of dragonfly.POV,blurred BG and compositon are perfect.Very well done!
Thanks for sharing.

Hello Valerie,
Lovely shot! Colours are very nice and whole picture very clear. It has a kind of delicacy. The POV and framing works nicely too.
VERY WELL DONE!

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3245 W: 154 N: 4948] (15933)
  • [2006-07-27 7:56]

Hi Valerie.
It's an excellent close-up. By the word, this kind of dragonfly have been model for my smiling "Gioconda". The sharpness and details are staggering. Colours of whole picture and blurriness of BG are superb. TFS and my best regards,
Alexei.

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3170] (10926)
  • [2006-07-28 11:12]

Je suis jaloux, il n'y a que moi qui n'arrive pas à capter une libellule. Ce cliché est beau et bon. Compliments Valérie.

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 753 W: 108 N: 1730] (5406)
  • [2006-07-28 11:36]

Amazing sharpness here, Valerie! Your owrk has imporved by leaps and bounds. Superb composition too
TFS
Silke

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