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Black Darter


Black Darter
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Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3388 W: 343 N: 9480] (30807)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-01
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 180 Macro Ex H, Digital RAW 200
Exposure: f/16, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-25 10:18
Viewed: 989
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Today's post is beautiful dragonfly, it is a , Sympetrum danae a male. It’s very common where I live. It's taken last year

From: http://www.habitas.org.uk
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Common name: Black Darter
Preferred environment: oligotrophic pools and small lakes on bogs and heaths
Flight period: end of June until October. In Ireland July to mid October
Adult habitat and habits: males are non-territorial and pairing and copulation takes place away from breeding site. Pairs arrive in tandem at breeding site.
Oviposition site and behaviour: oviposits in tandem or female alone. Females dips abdomen into wet peat/soil or mosses.
Larval habitat and habits: eggs diapause until spring and complete lifecycle in one season, Larvae live amongst Sphagnum mosses.
Range: central and northern Europe, northern Asia to Japan and North America. Occurs as far south as the French Pyrenees and north to the Arctic Circle in northern Scandinavia. In Ireland widespread in north and west. Very local south of a line from Galway to Dublin.
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Technique:
Sigma 180 mm macro HSM EX.
ISO 200 Raw-format, manual focus, Av-mode, Tripod, fill-in flash.
Converted ,contrast and levels ,crop, resized to 800 pixels, Smart Sharpen on B/W channel 0,3 pixel, 300% amount.
I used Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 for PP.
viv, Gudule, elefantino, christophe, marhowie, wallhalla15, phlr, hansh, hekcik, dew77, soccer, firelord, liziafa has marked this note useful
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  • Great 
  • viv Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 3 N: 653] (3307)
  • [2006-05-25 10:56]

Hi Gert,
Great macro capture, so sharp and full of details I like the POV.
Thanks
Vivian

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  • Gudule Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 248 W: 11 N: 288] (1204)
  • [2006-05-25 11:04]

Very, very good Macro shot with nice and interesting details, Gert. natural colors and good POV. TFS.

JN.

Hi Gert,
great colors and details.
Nice compo, too.
Andrea

Hi Gert
Excellent sharpness, colors and DOF
Regards Christophe

Gert, this is an excellent picture. Great colours, excellent sharpness and POV. This is a very nice composition. Well done. TFS.
Gr.
Heinz

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 962 W: 0 N: 89] (7801)
  • [2006-05-25 19:16]

Hej Gert
Beautiful shot. Great sharpnes, details, colours, DOF and POV. Also beautiful BG colours.
Well done my friend

osse

Hi Gert,
A bit of a late one last night (work not fun!!). Just time for a very quick visit.
Thanks for posting, well worth a big smiley.

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1241 W: 129 N: 881] (2814)
  • [2006-05-26 3:42]

Excellent photo of this odonata!
Perfect DOF and details!
Very good POV!
Very good BG!
5* and TFS!

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  • deud Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 440 W: 10 N: 504] (2372)
  • [2006-05-26 4:26]

wow! what a crisp, sharp details! focus, composition, colors are brilliant on this fantastic close-up! tfs

Hi Gert,
Excellent capture. Very sharp and detailed, with excellent DOF that brings in the wings nicely mf.. The color and exposure is perfect.
Very well done!

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  • hansh Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 219 W: 1 N: 159] (650)
  • [2006-05-26 6:39]

Beuatiful picture of this odonata. Details are perfect and i like the POV. I've never saw this specie in real live but keep looking.
Well done and thanks.
Gr. Hans

Hi Gert,

Dictionary is finished me... PERFECT! :-))))
Very well done!

TFS :-)
Norbert

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-05-26 10:00]

Hello Gert,
Wonderful capture.Sharpness,POV,clear details and composition are excellent.TFS...:-)

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  • soccer Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 550 W: 0 N: 538] (1965)
  • [2006-05-26 10:13]

Gert,

A great macro once again! The composition, POV, sharpness and detail are excellent. Not to mention the DOF and BG. TFS,
Sheriff

Fantastic details in this perfect shot. The exposure is well chosen showing really nice colors. The POV is a nice perspective of this coll dragonfly. :)

Hi Gert,
Very good close-up.
Excellent sharp, details, colors, POV and DOF.
Well done!
TFS Malgosia

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