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100th
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Copyright: Horia Bogdan (horia) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2173 W: 220 N: 4384] (14904)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-30
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS, Hoya Close-Up 52mm +1, +2, +4
Exposure: f/8, 1/500 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-05-03 4:50
Viewed: 948
Points: 90
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
or if you prefer another title: "Mickey blue-eyes" :))

I guess it's finally my time to announce that this is my 100th post here on TN. I've seen a lot of members, ever since i joined, that reached this magical number, and i wondered what would i do and how would i feel when i was in that situation.

I'll tell you how i feel: thirsty for more ;))

That being said, i want to thank you ALL, for all the support and guiding that you gave me, for the tips and suggestions and most especially, for you time...we all know how precious that can be sometimes.
For all that, I AM IN YOUR DEBT!

I must say that learned a lot since the first day i joined here. I would like to think that i know a lot more about photography AND about nature and that i see things is a new perspective.



Not to break any rules (mine and/or TN's), the ID of this lovely blue-eyed damselfly is - Platycnemis pennipes - or the Blue Featherleg, a familiar sight along rivers and calm streams i large parts of Europe.

Just for the fun of it, i uploaded a Workshop photo with a full view of the subject. The truth is i couldn't really make up my mind which one i liked best :))

Cheers, thanks for visiting and once again THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!!

EXIF data :
Camera: Canon S2 IS
Filter: Hoya Close-up +3
Focal Length: 432mm (35mm equiv.)
Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec.
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure Bias: -0.66
F-Stop: f/8
ISO: 100
Flash: Yes (power: -2)
Support: handheld
TOD: about 11 AM
Weather conditions: sunny

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2264 W: 10 N: 2633] (15577)
  • [2007-05-03 4:57]

Hola amigo,
bella macro,
detalles y pov. muy originales...
muchas felicidades por tus 100 fotos,
saludos Horia

Hi Horia

Nice shot! Great POV and composition. The background is also nicely blurred. The rear part of the insect is not as sharp as the front and is slightly out of focus though.

TFS and congratulations on your 100th photo! Well done.

Radhika

it's a nice macro Horia,
the details are nice, the pov is quite good and the dof is very nice, good photojob here. and congratiolation with the 100th.
gr. jaap

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 987 W: 5 N: 2762] (10618)
  • [2007-05-03 5:26]

Hello Horia,
Congratulations to your 100th post.
Very nice capture with a superb composition; sharpness, colors, light, composition, everything is superb.

Hi Horia,
Congrats on your 100th post, they have all been enjoyable to look at. Now we are waiting for the next 100 or 1000.
And you have been and are a esteemed TN member who write good and objective comments, I want to thank you for your big participation.
The picture is very nice with a very good compostion and good details. The DOF is good too, the main subject standout well fron the nicely blurred BG.
Very well doen, my friend.

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  • Bufo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 422 W: 73 N: 984] (4241)
  • [2007-05-03 5:48]

Hi Horia,
congrats on the 100th. I'll wish it only just the very beginning of your gallery. Your image shows very well the details. That's why I like your close up: these blue eyes are great. Also nice DOF with the sharpness gradually fading away.
Keep on posting these pix, Horia!
Greets, Jacob

Hi Horia,
Congrats for 100.
Have a nice day...
TFS
Annick

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2007-05-03 6:09]

Hi Horia,
congratulations on your 100th post!
A brilliant shot for your 100th!
Sharp with brilliant POV and DOF.
These damselflies are extremely hard to photograph as they keep flying off, and are really fast flying aswell!
I think you should keep 100th as a title because it attracts more members and your 100th photo is special so people
should know that.
Very well done on this magnificent shot,
Joey

Hola Horia,
Excelente macro, con gran nitidez y todo lujo de detalles, se le pueden contar hasta los pelillos. Saludos
José Ramón

Hello Horia,
Pure beauty!
I like the tight framing to show the details in the head better...
Wonderful insect capture with educational qualities, well composed presentation!
Greetings
Pablo -

Hearty congratulations on your 100th post, Horia!
The picture of the Blue Featherleg is so beautiful it suits the occasion to perfection :-).
Your contribution to TN has been immense both in terms of your outstanding images and your warm-hearted and invariably constructive critiques of everyone's work.

May your greed for photography get lustier and lustier each passing day!

Warm regards.

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 1 N: 5208] (17609)
  • [2007-05-03 6:59]

Hello Horia,
Congratulations and thank you for 100 great postings, Your Macro work is always a joy to view and your notes well done, and this posting is no different, thanks Horia.
Rick

hi horia & "Happy 100!" :-)
terrific macro-shot for the celebration, technically very good as usual, with amazing details -
i really like the bubbly-eyes and the legs.
thank you for your time & work showing the last 100 photos
and of course for the 100s still to come.
best wishes & take care, thorsten.

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  • mikou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 840 W: 67 N: 1311] (5269)
  • [2007-05-03 8:26]

Hi Horia.
Great detail on head this damselfly.Amazing blue eyes.Good focus and DOF with superb blurry BG.Well done and nicely composed.
Thanks and congratulations on your 100th post!
Best greetings Milos.

Salut Horia
C'est une tres belle macro !
Le bleu donne de la vie a la composition, la diagonale est bien exploité et les qualité technique sont tres bonne.
bravo j'aime beaucoup...JP
Ps...Félicitation pour ta 100 iême photo

Hi Horia,
congrats for your 100th post, your statistics is impressive as your images:
100 post's, 4935 Critiques and 6718 points!!
This picture is superb in all respects ( color, POV , exposure etc).
Your notes and critiques have been excellent so sit back and enjoy your journey so far in TN and continue to post your gems.

TFS
Goutham R

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2999 W: 162 N: 984] (2877)
  • [2007-05-03 10:20]

Hello Horia,
Congratulations! But I think we should thank you, because you've certainly contributed a lot to TN by your excellent pictures, interesting notes and encouraging critiques!
Platycnemis is one of my favourite damsels and I like your capture very much, even though I prefer the workshop shot where I can see it all!! Great sharpness, lovely colours and a very nice composition.
TFS and all the best wishes, Ulla

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 63 N: 4227] (13822)
  • [2007-05-03 12:10]

Hi Horia,
First of all congratulations on your 100th post!
Thank you for your beautiful photos, contributions and the critiques in TN.
Cheers :o)
Selen

Hi dear Horia my friend,
great composition.
it has amzing colours.nice frame and good sharpness.
very well captured
thanks for sharing
best wishes
Saeed

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1060 W: 290 N: 3953] (13364)
  • [2007-05-03 12:41]

Hello Horia,
beautiful blue eyes, hopefully looking into the future ... the days after your 100th post.
I think we may enjoy further high quality pictures taken by you.
Best wishes, Peter

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2007-05-03 13:03]

Hi Horia,
Contratulations for your 100th post. All of them of an excellent quality, you have become an important member. Fortunately I read you are thirsty for more :-)
This time a wondeful clouse-up with very good details, excellent composition and pov. Perhaps colours suffer from the macro lens, isn't it?
TFS and best regards,
José M.

Hi Horia,
You're right, a tough choice between this picture or the other one at the workshop.
But in this one, that stunning big blue eyes are the main protagonist here!
It fills every thing around. Great macro job done.
The inclination of the branch/insect makes this an excellent composition.
I want to thank you too for your active and prolific participation here.
And hopefully -for us- you will remain thirsty for the many years still to come... :-)
Warm regards,
JM

Hi Horia,
Finally you are there.:) Just kidding, congratulations with reaching this milestone. I have really enjoyed all your photos, even if I have not critiqued all of them, I've certainly seen them. Let the next 100 photos come!

The photo, another wonderful close captured of Mickey. Excellent work on the composition and DOF.
TFS
Niek

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 856 W: 2 N: 617] (2142)
  • [2007-05-03 15:02]

Hello Horia , This one is a beauty , good sharpnes details pov dof and beauty blue eyes ,good job tfs Greetings Teunie .

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  • Hil Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 705 W: 13 N: 1405] (5027)
  • [2007-05-03 15:14]

Hi Horia,

Congrats on your 100th post and its a great shot to celebrate, very nice pose and a excellent POV, nicely sharp with great colours and I love the Blue eyes. Thanks for all your great shots and detailed critiques since you joined.

TFS Hilary :o)

Hi Horia, congratulations for your 100th splendid photo on TN, wonderful macro with great colors and splendid details, very well done:) tomorrow

Hello Horia,
First off congrats on the 100th post! What a great close up shot. He certainly has eyes to see you with! Great DOF . Nicely done. TFS
Donna:o)



Thanks for your comments on my photo " Deep Blue Water (8) " :o)

The close-up is the one I would chose; Ole Blue Eyes { You did it your way... ]

Congrats on this hectometer stone! Looking forward to the next bunch! Tfs, Jay

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-05-03 22:12]

Hello Horia

Congratulations on your 100th post.They have been excellent and informative.A wonderful image of this damselfly.The eyes are amazing.Excellent colour saturation.Very good focus and sharp details.I like the diagonal composition.TFS

Rob

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3586 W: 143 N: 5690] (18601)
  • [2007-05-04 5:02]

Hi, dear Horia.
In connection with this remarkable event, I would like to express the gratitude for that huge contribution to a life of gallery, which you have brought here. Your full of content, feeling and sympathy comments are great sample of support and friendship. Your wonderful pictures give us a great pleasure. Your professional perfectly detailed and interesting notes enrich our knowledge. Thank you very much and heart wishes.

Both pictures (original and WS) are great and demonstrate your skillfulness. Your feeling of composition is amazing. Bravo, my dear friend, congratulations and best regards.
Alexei.

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1726 W: 0 N: 3927] (15770)
  • [2007-05-04 5:36]

Hello Horia,
At first congratulations for your 100th picture.
I understand that it was not easy to make a choice betweeen both pictures of this magnificent blue-eyed creature. I like both. Now we are looking forward for the next 100 pictures, I'm sure we will not be disappointed.
Thank's for all your contributions and have a nice day
Anne

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2007-05-04 17:17]

Hi Horia,
gcongrats on your 100th, hope there is many more to come as I always enjoy your posts.
This is another of those beauties, such a great macro shot. The quality is excellent and the diagonal composition and the crop are great.
Sky

Hello Horia, lovely colours good focus on the head well composed congrats on your 100th shot! tfs rgds Necip.

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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1007 W: 64 N: 1266] (5195)
  • [2007-05-04 18:45]

Ha, ha! The second tittle goes perfect too!
What a beautiful blue-eyes!
Congratulations on your 100th! I have really enjoyed them and I am really eager to see more and more.
I like a lot both pictures of this "Mickey blue-eyes"
Thank you very much for them and for all your gallery.
Best wishes
Maite

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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 528 W: 87 N: 697] (6119)
  • [2007-05-05 5:06]

salut Horia,
une composition en diagonale qui fait son effet, c'est équilibré et coloré. Joli spécimen, bon résultat (avec je pense un léger manque de profondeur de champ).
well done

gaetan

Hello Horia,
I'm a little in a hurry this morning so I'll read the note later but I wanted to congratulate you for this superb portrait and for your 100th post here! This is a nice number to reach and your contribution on TN is much appreciated. I wish you many, many, many other interesting and high quality posts like we are used to see from you :) Thanks and have a good weekend!
Claudine

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  • Ken52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 640 W: 98 N: 1241] (4189)
  • [2007-05-05 12:45]

Hello. Your 100th is excellent with outstanding detail of the eyes. Nice POV with good composition.

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3824 W: 190 N: 11393] (35107)
  • [2007-05-05 15:23]

Hello Horia,
Congratulations on your 100th!
Your contributions to TN have certainly been well worth while and many of us look forward to your continued contributions.
You celebrate with a fine macro shot of the front part of a male P. pennipes that deserves praise for all the aspects of a good quality macro, the sharpness, compo. BG and details.
Well done and TFS!
Ivan

Hello my Friend!
After a short holiday (also in Poland there was a long "weekend" - 9 days! :>) I can come back on TN to watch some overlooked pictures :)
My best congratulation because of your 100th presentation on TN! Especially that it is really very good macro! :) Great details, colours and POV. I like also that you added a full insect view in the workshop :)
Once again congratulation and best greetings!
Radek

Buna Horia..
MINUNATA imagine!
Imi place!
:-)FELICITARI!
Chiar ca are ochi de Micy mause....:-))
Numai bine..,
Ella

Congratulations Horia, on #100! I like both versions for different reasons and am glad you posted both. I have admired the quality of your work and have especially appreciated the thoughtful critiques than you write. You are a real asset to this community. Thank you.

Evelynn : )

Congratulations on your 100th post. Your work is of a very high quality and very much appreciated here Horia. Kind regards Steve..

bonjour horia
voila une espece que je n'ai pas encore vu ici,mais ses semblables sont pour moi des sujets tres interressants.
ici c'est comme toujours tres bon avec quand même un peu de grain residuel sur le BG,mais rien de tres genant.
laurent

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1515 W: 18 N: 3165] (11638)
  • [2007-05-25 15:53]

Hi Horia

I missed you 100th post! Well belted congratulations and let me take this opportunity to say how much pleasure I get from your photos.

This is just another beauty in your lovely style with the nice framing, great colours and excellent details

TFS

Karan

Congrats on 100 Horia.
Your enthusiasm for nature photography is evident in every post, without a doubt :)
Well done mf.

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