backlight male darter

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• Fisher (8915)
• [2005-08-04 13:47]

Jaap,!!!!!!!!!
ya-mon, excellent capture and well viewed. the approach is a really good one. The sky with clouds, what a bonus.!!!!! Just right in my opinion.
Again, you have limited DOF and just missed the wing tip on right, but looks just fine, nothing to worry about, excellent work.

Mike

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• electra (679)
• [2005-08-04 14:24]

Hell Jaap,
interesting POV, Details and sharpness is perfect, great shot. Exellent work.

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• wallhalla15 (13829)
• [2005-08-04 14:26]

Hello Jaap, this is a excellent Picture. Great colours, sharpness excellent, a very nice composite. Well done.

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• ellis49 (30807)
• [2005-08-04 15:56]

Very good macro, Jaap.
I like it very much. Good details, nice colours and very good DOF. This is the type of picture you could use a fill-in flash.
Very well done, my friend.

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• AndyB (3982)
• [2005-08-04 16:40]

Hello Jaap,
This is an excellent capture.
The composition is great and POV superb.
Good work in getting the sky and trees in the shot.
Great work,well done.

TFS

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• halki (469)
• [2005-08-04 16:57]

Hello jaap!
Very good close up.Excellent composition ,details and colours.
Thanks for posting...

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• sAner (4744)
• [2005-08-04 17:31]

*POV:5, I can't argue about that. Excellent!

*DOF:3, F8 is just not enough for macrophotography.

*Composition:5, The all important eyes are somewhat in the middle of the frame and the overall composition is just pleasant.

*Details:3, Focus on some of the details seems a wee bit soft to me and there is some bg noise I believe.

*Exposure:4, Exposure is great although I do find the very bright, white cloud a little distracting.

*Colors:4, All colors look very natural.

*Note:4, Always good enough from your hand. I would have liked to know some more details about where you found this specific Darter. I just never see them when I look for them! Where do you find them exactly?

*X-factor:4, Nothing extremely special, but because of the experimental shot very enjoyable nevertheless.

Hallo Jaap,

Nogmaals heel erg bedankt voor de e-mail! Ik ga me gewoon concentreren op de leden die zelf ook waardevolle kritieken schrijven en ik leef me dan lekker uit. :) Ik zal jouw fotos steeds weer opzoeken. TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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• Signal-Womb (11044)
• [2005-08-04 19:22]

Hello Jaap, welcome to my new tougher Critiquing on TN. Composition is good, POV is brilliant but I do find the image a little soft. Exposure and DOF are accurate. 5/10 Kind regards, Steve.

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• optic (0)
• [2005-08-04 23:25]

Good evening Jaap,
Very nice macro, clear details & great composition Dof & Pov are great, thanks for sharing.

Regards,
Christian

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• jhm (628)
• [2005-08-05 2:19]

Goedenmorgen Jaap,
Blijkbaar zijn er mensen die deze libellen niet vinden, ik vind ze wel maar ze vliegen of ze zitten stil maar met de vliegels gesloten. Jaap, ik ben vermoedelijk verkeerd maar de foto's met het oude toestel zijn mijn inziens iets beter van kwaliteit, of zijn wij teveel gewoon van u, want hoge bomen vangen veel wind nietwaar!
Ik wil absoluut niet afdoen van uw foto want ik kan zoiets niet en ik kijk er zo graag naar.
Groeten uit Vlaanderen,
John

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• christophe (1781)
• [2005-08-05 3:51]

Hi Jaap
Great capture and composition, details ,sharpness
TFS
In a friendly way Christophe

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• red45 (30243)
• [2005-08-05 4:26]

Hi Jaap!
Little soft in focus but still good. I like composition with diagonal border line between blu sky and green trees. Pose of dragonfly is very good.

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• dew77 (13209)
• [2005-08-05 4:43]

Hello Jaap!
Very nice capture.I liked perspective,DOF you managed and POV very much.TFS...:-)

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• thistle (9272)
• [2005-08-05 7:01]

Nice shot Jaap!
I think you had very good idea for this photo. The POV is perfect, DOF really good, but I'm not really sure about the composition - I have feeling there's something wrong with it.
The quality isn't very good and the busy BG makes the photo a bit unclear.
I'm sorry if I've been a bit to tough with the critique, but I decided to be a bit more objective now. I hope you don't mind.
Anyway, the photo is interesting and it was a good job.
TFS

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• marhowie (302)
• [2005-08-05 8:05]

Hello Jaap, Wonderful approach including this great view of the clouds and sky, dividing the BG diagonally..Great details and colors, I like it, Well done!

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• livios (16906)
• [2005-08-05 10:28]

Jaap, this a very nice capture.

Pov showing a part of the sky is great. I like composition too. I guess light conditions were tricky, but I think you did great.

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• Comandante (1408)
• [2005-08-06 3:01]

Hello Jaap!
Wonderful capture.Sharpness,DOF,POV and composition are perfect.Thanks for sharing.

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• Luc (14729)
• [2005-08-06 6:26]

Hi Jaap!
Personal assessment of the photo: great.
Strong visual impact.
A not easy shot. Against a light BG, I think that you have could use fill flash.
Aptness of the photo for the site: excellent.
Personal assessment of the note: complete.
TFS.
Have a good weekend!

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• chiliu (6494)
• [2005-08-06 6:53]

Hi Jaap,
Very good composition and depth of field, great colour.
TFS!

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• NINIX (2887)
• [2005-08-08 8:14]
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Hi Jaap,

I had a look at your other pictures tto. Thos one is also amazing. Very good.
When I see all the fanmail and compliments it is hard to beat.
But I think it is also helpfull when you focus on the things to improve although it is a very strong picture. I made for toy a workshop and am curius to hear from you. here

Hendrik

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• flagman (2396)
• [2005-08-18 5:07]

Great photo. DOF isn't perfect, but the unusual POV makes up for it.
Very well done!