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Enallagama cyathigerum


Enallagama cyathigerum
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Copyright: Alan Turvey (liquidsunshine) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2049 W: 113 N: 3422] (11474)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-14
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro, Hoya skylight (1B)
Exposure: f/14.0, 1/80 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-10-08 6:50
Viewed: 1170
Points: 52
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I've been a bit busy recently, so haven't been able to get on TN as much as I'd like to. I've had to look through the archives to find a worthy post.
This is from July this year at Bulbourne - college lake nature centre.


Common blue damselfly
Enallagama cyathigerum

The male has a blue abdomen with black spots; the female, a yellow or bluish abdomen with variable dark markings. This species is common throughout Britain.

They appear to drift through the air, and they snatch their prey from vegetation. Damselflies rest with their wings folded lengthways along their body.

During mating, the male clasps the female by her neck while she bends her body around to his reproductive organs – this is called a mating wheel. The pair flies together over the water and eggs are laid within a suitable plant, just below the surface.

The eggs hatch and the larvae, called nymphs, live in the water. Nymphs climb out of the water up a suitable stem to moult into damselflies.

What does it eat?
Insects

When will I see it?
Between May and September.

Where will I see it?
Resting on vegetation near water. Drifting through the air. Flying along slow-flowing rivers, lakes, ponds, roadsides, hedgerows.

Notes from rspb.org.uk

Thanks for looking, enjoy the rest of the weekend.


Model: Canon EOS 20D
Exposure Time: 1/80 sec
F-Stop: f/14.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 100
Focal Length: 105/1 mm
Date Taken: 2006-07-14 @ 15:21
Metering Mode: Average
Flash: No
Support: Handheld
File type: RAW

sAner, SkyF, metcher, Signal-Womb, dew77, elefantino, horia, phlr, DOBIS, scottevers7, glazzaro, jcoowanitwong, valy67, RAP, eruyanik, marhowie has marked this note useful
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Hi Alan,
This is so beautiful! You caught it with excellent details and very good composition. I love the lightning and colors here. Very good POV and DOF with a nice BG. Well done!
Claudine

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2378 W: 164 N: 7139] (22556)
  • [2006-10-08 7:02]

Hello Alan,
You've captured this damselfly very well, excellent details,colour and background and a fitting composition.
TFS, Ulla

Hello Alan,
Very appealing lines in this fine composition!
Macro work is top shelf, insect is capturerd with fine details and good natural colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 990 W: 282 N: 3238] (10700)
  • [2006-10-08 7:25]

Hello Alan,
nice and clear picture of the damselfly, suitable for a textbook on theses insects, because it clearly shows the colour patterns on thorax and abdomen. Well composed.
Best wishes, Peter

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1654 W: 79 N: 1456] (4742)
  • [2006-10-08 7:38]

Hi Alan,

Beautiful macroshot (one of the last of the season?). The details are sharp, colors are great and the bg is perfectly blurred. Good work! TFS.

Regards,
Pieter

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-10-08 8:41]

Hello Alan,
great capture, I love the pose and how you set it free from the BG. Gerorgeous, colors and sharpness are very good. Lovely composition with a nice neutral BG.
Sky

Hi, Alan.
Good pose and POV. Well used DOF and composition is nice. Sharp.

Great horizontal presentation Alan, excellent pose and composition. A boast in contrast would enhance the colour. Very well done mf.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-10-08 10:30]

Hello Alan,
Nice to see you back with wonderful post.I liked POV,clear details,colors,framing,DOF,3D effect,BG and composition a lot.
TFS...:-)

Hi Alan,
This is a great shot. I really like the wide composition. Good colour tone, it looks almost like it's from a documentary film. Well seen and executed!
TFS
Mike

Hello Alan, nice composition with good colors and sharpness.
Nice BG and usefull notes.
Andrea

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2047 W: 212 N: 3658] (12174)
  • [2006-10-08 11:10]

Hi Alan

Nice to see you! Long time no post :p It's great to see another shot from you, especially such a nice one :)
Lovely colors and excellent contrast between the damsel and the BG, Very nice POV and great DOF.
Very well framed and composed, too.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

Hello Alan,
very nice picture of a damsefly! I would recommend a bit work with brightness and contrast (as I did in the workshop - hope you like it!)
TFS
Dobis

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  • mbasil Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 339 W: 146 N: 689] (2993)
  • [2006-10-08 13:01]

Nice complete shot, Alan. Great details as well as the full body. I know you like that soft look, but I am inclined to pile on and suggest more contrast.
Mike
P.S. Good to see you back.

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1470 W: 18 N: 2966] (10884)
  • [2006-10-08 14:55]

Wonderful Damselfly. Nice composition, POV and colours. Lovely sharp details and good DOF

TFS

Karan

Hi Alan,
a beautiful damsel, I love this blue eye so much. Excellent pose and sharpness, very pretty. I miss them, they all died now, the nights are cold, about 5 degree here in Bavaria, brrrrrr.
Thanks and have a good start into the new week
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3414 W: 144 N: 5803] (17197)
  • [2006-10-08 16:49]

Hi Alan, this blue a beauty, the colours and details are great. Well composed with good POV and DOF.
Excellent work, my friend.
Janice

Hi Alan,
a very nice shot on this Blue Damselfly. Spot on exposure has rendered good color saturation and sharp detail here. Very well composed and framed. Looks great!
Scott

Nice, good detail throughout, well taken.

Greg

Hello Alan,
Very nice portrait. Composition, pov, dof are excellent. Beautiful soft color tone.
JC

Hello Alan !
Wonderful shot of this beautiful damselfly. The composition as well as the pose of the insect on the branch are excellent, and the blurry BG is very beautiful too. Splendid colors and excellent details too. Very well done !
Valerie.

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2006-10-09 14:30]

Welcome back my friend... nice macro for your return.

I like it a lot: composition, POV, DOF, sharpness, focus, color, lighting, framing, notes.

I like it: background.

Best regards... Ricardo

Hello Alan,
Great soft colours on the damsel and beautiful patched looking bg also. pov, framing, frame you chose all are great!
Greetings,
Ersin

Hi Hilary,

A fantastic picture of this damselfly, lovely colours, composition and OOF background. Very well done.

Jan-Hendrik

Well done Alan.
I like your POV and the comp here. Nice powder blue color, detail, and OOF BG.
I think it needed the bit of contrast adjustment, as the WS shows.
Happy New Year!

Very nice capture Alan, the composition on this is well chosen, I reall like the wide angle on this. Where are you? :)

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