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Copyright: jaap polak (carper) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2192 W: 124 N: 2600] (8410)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-13
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 350D, Tamron 90mm macro
Exposure: f/11, 1/100 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-11-19 6:59
Viewed: 1234
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 47
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Orthetrum cancellatum Black-tailed Skimmer Dragonfly.
Adults. Adult body about 47–50–53 mm long. Average wingspan 77 mm; hindwings 35–40 mm long.

The eyes dorsally narrowly apposed to dorsally broadly contiguous; brown (in the female), or blue (in the male).

Legs black and brown (the femoral bases brown). Thoracic antehumeral stripes absent. The wings spread more or less horizontally in repose; dissimilar in shape and venation; sessile; unpatterned and clear. The inner wing venation blackish. Discoidal cell divided longitudinally into a conspicuous triangle and supra-triangle. Antenodal veins in the forewings 10–13 (fewer in the hindwings). Pterostigma well over twice but no more than five times as long as wide; black.

Abdomen lanceolate; 30–35 mm long; predominantly blue (in the male), or brown (in the female), or grey (sometimes, in old females); rather plain (in the male, but often with orange lateral markings, and darkened over the terminal segments), or predominantly longitudinally lined (the female with a dark medio-lateral band on either side along each segment); without mid-dorsal spots. The male abdomen without auricles on segment 2; with a single inferior anal appendage.

Nymphs. The nymphs stout, the body expanded in the middle; when mature, 23–25.5 mm long.

The postocular lobes curving sharply to the back of the head from some distance behind the eyes. The antennae 7 segmented. The mask having the prementum hollowed dorsally. The prementum bearing three (rarely two or four) long setae inserted near each lateral margin, and two medial fields of seven to eight short spiniform setae, the latter flanked by four setae of medium length. The body of the labial palps bearing (6–)7 major setae. Distal margins of the labial palps weakly crenate. Legs longer than the abdomen.

The abdomen terminating in five short spine-like appendages. The cerci no more than hald the length of the paraprocts. The abdomen with mid-dorsal spines. The mid-dorsal abdominal spines prominent on segments 3 to 6. The abdomen without a mid-dorsal spine on segment 8; gizzard with 4–8 folds.

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Well this one I took with a 2x tamron teleconverter, the tamron 90mm lens and a flash, I used a monopod, wel I hope you like the shot.
cataclysta, phlr, Lycaon, claudine, radz, dew77, ellis49, Alex99, hester, marhowie, wallhalla15, scottevers7, jhm has marked this note useful
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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 897 W: 2 N: 624] (2106)
  • [2006-11-19 7:02]

Hello Jaap , A Exelent shot from the draconfly , great compositie colours details pov sharpnes, and nice bg and framing ,good job ,tfs Greetings Teunie .

Hi
Beautiful photo of thise dragonfly. Very interesting POV. Good DOF. The branch is little bit overexposed.
Best wishes
Krzysztof

Hi Jaap,
Goeie macro.
Ik durf Teunie niet tegenspreken:-).
Leuke foto.
Bedankt
Annick

bonjour
une prise magnidique,pleine de détails précis, jolies couleurs et super BG
excellent travail
bravo et merci du partage
edith

Hi Jaap,
Beautiful capture!
Excellent composition and great POV, good focus, clear detail, nice OOF background.
Well done and thanks for sharing!
Chi

Hi Jaap,
a beautiful dragon in perfect sharpness, the arrangement is wonderful with a good 3D-effect and the colours so sunny. Very well done, you have a good lense ;-) Haha.
Bye and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

A bit overexposed (twigs) and the background a bit too similar to the dragonfly. It doesn't stand out enough. DOF and POV are very much ok.

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  • radz Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 620 W: 11 N: 625] (3390)
  • [2006-11-19 7:38]

ready to take off!!Fantastic shot with excellent DOF.

Hello Jaap,
Wonderful close up.This my favr.POV for dragonfly captures.Colors,details,framing and composition are excellent.I prepared a quick ws.Hope you dont mind:)
Have a great sunday!
TFS..:-)

Very good perspective and a fine composition, Jaap.
Your note gives me some clue about one dragonfly I shot in India and am still unable to identify. It looks like this black-tailed Skimmer you have posted today. The lead is worth following.
TFS and take care.
Ram

Hi Jaap,
a very nice close-up shot of a dragon.
The composition and POV are very good. Some parts are a bit OE. And it's slightly soft, I think it's the shutter speed. 1/100 sec maybe is too long when you use a converter, otherwise it's a very nice close-up.
Well done, my friend.

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3233 W: 154 N: 4939] (15899)
  • [2006-11-19 12:11]

Hi Jaap.
I like your very nice and well done picture. Its richness of colours, lights and expres-sive details are perfect. The POV is great as well DOF. Whole dragonfly is in focus. It great. The details of the tree branch are wonderful. My compliments and TFS.
Alexei.

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1517 W: 18 N: 3137] (11548)
  • [2006-11-19 12:56]

Wonderful POV and nice details. As others have mentioned slightly OE on the branch but still a lovely picture. Lovely BG

TFS

Karan

Hello Jaap.
Very good detail and I really like this POV, excellent. Great DOF, colors, and good exposure control. The OOF BG bokeh compliments nicely IMHO :)
Have a Great Sunday mf.

Great macro shot Jaap. Great sharpness, details, clarity and POV. Great colours and composition too. Thanks for posting my friend.
Gr.
Heinz

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-11-19 19:46]

Hello Jaap

A beautiful composition,with lovely colours.The photo has the appearance of a painting.Excellent lighting .The DOF and POV are well done.The details are sharp and crisp.Very nicely done.TFS

Rob

Hi Jaap,
I would say the composition is flawless here. Spot on exposure has the colors looking grat. Nice sharp detail, and well seperated from the OOF backround. Nice work my friend!
Scott

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-11-19 23:34]

Hi Japp,
wonderful capture, the colors and the sharpness are great. Nice POV and great OOF, BG.
TFS..Sky

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1159 W: 255 N: 2639] (11925)
  • [2006-11-20 0:48]

Ha Jaap,

Een mooie shot van deze libelle met een goede POV,scherpte/diepte

Groetjes,
Paul

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 660 W: 0 N: 178] (626)
  • [2006-11-20 2:23]

Dag Jaap,

Mijn eerlijk antwoord; dit is werkelijk een betere foto van uw helicopters zoals ik ze graag noem, het is een buitengewoon helder foto, en de positie is werkelijk mooi, dit alles tegen een prachtige achtergrond, hier toont u nogmaals uw grote kennis van het macro werk, steeds geflakkeerd met een nota die als opleiding voor kinderen kan dienen, proficiat Jaap.

Groeten,
John

Hello Jaap,
A fine point of view and a good composition!
Well done on the macro work, DOF spot on and great colours and details...
Interesting to study how the landing gear is used!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hello Jaap,
This is a beautiful capture. I really like this branch; I think it is very design :) natural design. You caught excellent details in a very good POV, composition and exposure. I like this very nice soft colored blurred BG too :) Very well done with interesting notes. TFS,
Claudine

PS, I like this title that suits this picture very well

Hoi Jaap,
Je hebt deze super mooi weten weer te geven. De scherpte diepte is echt super. Erg mooi detail in the libelle en de kleuren zijn echt schitterend. Qua belichting is het misschien net perfect. Een aantal erg lichte plekken op de tak en kop. Maar verder een erg mooie compositie.
Groeten.
Niek

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  • deud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 499 W: 2 N: 466] (2169)
  • [2006-11-21 3:45]

great close-up. nice composition, focus, details, colors. tfs

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