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Copyright: jaap polak (carper) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 122 N: 2581] (8424)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-03
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Exposure: f/8, 1/200 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-11 13:25
Viewed: 1075
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 49
[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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yes this I made with a new camera. Why a new camera would you ask yourself. Well let I be honost. I had a very bad butterfly seisoen. And the dragons where also very late and the are a little crasy, because they would not go sit easy. So I have got not much chances to made a good shot. so I try it with this tool and I like the quick shot, and it is very easy to come close, whithout to look through your SLR. I hope you like it to.
gr. jaap
marhowie, phlr, ellis49, csmnlm, extramundi, valy67, wallhalla15, scottevers7, liquidsunshine, red45, cecilia, jhm, aido, hansh, SkyF, thor68 has marked this note useful
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Hello Jaap,
Great shot. Very good sharpness, details, color, DOF, and exposed well. I like the POV very much as well..
Very well done.

Hi Jaap,
a nice picture with nice colours and good POV.
I like the composition and DOF too.
I hope you give your DSRL another chance.
Well done, my friend.

Hi Jaap.excllent colors, BG POV DOF perfect framing. TFS Kyle

Hi Jaap,

Really interesting POV. Globally nice picture ;-)
I just would say that the DOF is a little too large and the subject mixes up with the background.
TFS.

Serge

Hi Jaap
It is great shot.Very good sharpness, details, color, DOF.

Hi Jaap.
I also like them big, in the middle and into DOF :)
It is a complex image, but after some seconds of looking at it it becomes extremely clear. Well done, my friend.

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 59 N: 2915] (8733)
  • [2006-07-11 15:28]

Hi Jaap !
A very colorful dragonfly, I really like it ! Excellent details, colors and composition, and a very good POV. The dragonfly seems to be smiling for your photo ! :-) Very well done !
Valérie.

Excellent shot Jaap! Fantastic POV, excellent sharpness, brilliant colours and lighting too. This is an excellent composition. I like it very much. Thank you for posting my friend.
Gr.
Heinz

Hi Jaap,
An excellent shot on this Black-tailed Skimmer. Very well saturated colors and sharp detail from the spot on exposure.
That camera will certainly create more DOF. There is almost to much DOF here. Looks great though!
Scott

Hello Jaap,
Good detail, colours and sharpness. exposure and lighting are good. Good POV and composition.

Thanks for posting, have a great week.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-07-12 3:36]

Hello Jaap,
Excellent close up.I liked POV,colors,sharpness,details,framing and composition a lot.
TFS...:-)

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-07-12 8:44]

Hello Jaap!
Perfect POV and details, very good pose and very interesting note. Only one nit - BG is slightly too crowded.

A beautiful capture the detail is superb.
Well done...

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 856 W: 2 N: 617] (2142)
  • [2006-07-12 14:09]

Hallo Jaap , A Great shot from the dragonfly ,beautifull compositie details colours pov sharpnes bg and framing ,tfs ,Greetings Teunie .

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1168 W: 261 N: 3035] (13835)
  • [2006-07-12 17:14]

Hello Jaap,

An excellent shot of this dragonfly,with another POV,well capture,I like it,

Paul

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1241 W: 129 N: 881] (2814)
  • [2006-07-14 4:01]

Very good Jaap!
Excellent POV!
Excellent details of the insect's head!
Very good on colours too!
You will get used with your new camera! It's just a matter of time!
5* and TFS!

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 649 W: 0 N: 178] (628)
  • [2006-07-15 1:49]

Dag Jaap,

Ik had even enkele dagen overgeslagen en wat zie ik een schitterende macro foto, met de kop vooruit zoals u ze graag ziet, details en kleuren zijn zeer mooi, opnieuw die werkelijk doorzichtige vleugels, het is om het even welk foto toestel, ze zijn steeds van top kwaliteit.

Prettig weekend,
John

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1044 W: 156 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-07-16 9:47]

Hello Jaap,
A lovely shot you have here, the low POV makes it look very big! Excellent detail and colours, and although the background is very busy I like it, it seems to work well. Great work from you again.
Regards,
Adrian

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  • hansh Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 220 W: 1 N: 163] (666)
  • [2006-07-18 6:41]

Dag Jaap.
Staat er prima op, overal scherp en een mooie POV. Beetje jammer van de drukke achtergrond waardoor de vleugels niet zo uitkomen maar al met al een mooie plaat.
Gr. Hans

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2006-07-19 16:42]

Hello Jaap,
very nice macro, the details and the light are amazing. Great POV and wonderful blurred BG so this dragon stand out very well.
TFS..Sky

Hi jaap,
Beautiful shot of a dragonfly on its flying carpet !!
Good framing and details. TFS.
Fred

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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2006-07-27 13:40]

Hi Jaap,

Well done on this capture, POV, DOF and composition.

Mike

hi jaap
belle transparence des ailes,belles couleurs egalement,bonne netteté.
dommage que le BG ne soit pas un peu plus flou.
laurent

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2006-07-30 2:37]

Hi Jaap,
superb serie of dragonflies. Here all is ok. Good quality. I like this work.
Rgs, Aleksander

Whoa! Super POV from below the fly!! Makes a great photo into a magnificent one! Amazingly deep DOF as well, everything is in focus! The background looks slightly over-exposed but it's still a fantastic photo.
My second 'favourite' today!

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