Black-tailed Skimmers

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• Heaven (2741)
• [2008-07-08 5:48]

Hi Horia!

It's alright, even more than this... although from my point of view the picture has not the usual sharpness. It is still sharp enough to be beautiful and pleasant, it's your style, but I think we are used to be a bit spoiled by your usual quality! This does not change anything to the fact that it is an incredible picture: see and capture such a position, take advantage of this possibility, means to be a great photographer!

Kind regards

Markus

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• MMM (6744)
• [2008-07-08 6:53]

Hello Horia
Excellent closed up mage.Good POV and sharp image.details and colors are excellent.
TFS Michel

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• PaulH (9718)
• [2008-07-08 8:29]

Looks good to me mate, particularly like the pose you caught here. The background is beautiful too, perfect infact for such a shot. Nicely done as always!
tfs
Paul

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• eqshannon (17813)
• [2008-07-08 9:40]

Looks like the Huckleberry twins are at it again...Very good capture..They still fly around me and never land. I think they know I have a camera. you folks who get these so well amaze me..I must find out your tricks!
Bob

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• joey (18077)
• [2008-07-08 10:30]
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Hi Horia!
Great shot of these dragonflies!
I think they're Black-Tailed Skimmers though.
Excellent composition, great parallel POV, very sharp and crisp, superb DOF.

Very fine work as usual!

Cheers mate,
Joe

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• red45 (25933)
• [2008-07-08 11:59]
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Hi Horia!

I agree with Joe - for me it looks like Black-tailed skimmer. O.albistylum has got more black colours on end of abdomen.
Very good action picture. Both insects are sharp and colorfull, pose is really acrobatic :-) I like BG very much with dark green/black blurred spots. As always very interesting post my friend!

By the way - of course I know Rammstein's version which is even better then original :-)

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• Jamesp (13384)
• [2008-07-08 13:01]

Hi Horia

Excellent shot of these dragonflies - great pose with excellent detail and colour. Well seen and captured.

James

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• Patleboss (5876)
• [2008-07-08 14:09]

Hello Horia,
excellent " action " shot,
splendid lighting and great background, focus is on Top
cheer,
friendly,
Pat

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• wuta (2034)
• [2008-07-09 10:25]

Hello Horia , I find this a fantastic shot , great compositie colours bg pof and framing , very good ,tfs ,Greetings Teunie .

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• Argus (21601)
• [2008-07-09 11:56]

Hello Horia,
Whenever I have tried to capture a pair of copulating Black-tailed skimmers they have been on the ground, which led to an uninteresting image with a busy BG. Here you have caught them in a fine hanging pose against a pleasing contrasting green OOF bg in excellent lighting and from a fine POV.
This is what makes this a fine image IMHO and I thank you for sharing it.
I hope you can persuade your girl-friend to take up nature photography and if so, join TN!
Best wishes,
Ivan

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• hekcik (1821)
• [2008-07-11 14:05]

Hi Horia,

Excellent macro,
Very good POV, sharpness and colours.
Well done!

TFS,
Norbert

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• Alex99 (14147)
• [2008-07-18 11:05]

Hi, dear Horia.
Pictured subject is amazing in every aspect. I like pleasant curve of stem, impressive poses of the dragonflies, terrific BG, its smooth light spots and impressive dark areas, excellent exposure and perfect details. May be level of sharpness is not ultimate> however, it is very good.. I like your crisp sharp images a lot and I like sharpness at whole. Comparing work of this Sigma lens on Minolta and Sony on the one side and on other cameras on the other side I think inbuilt stabilization is great deal. Sigma at the long end in macro mode demands good stabilization or tripod. That is why I suppose your sigma 17-70 produces sharper a bit images of such scenes. My kind regards and TFS.
Alexei.