Yellow-striped Hunter

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• wishnugaruda (16600)
• [2009-01-15 4:14]

Hi Chris,
I never hat the luck to see this specimen.
It's wonderful, I like the colour and the beautiful pose. Your shot is excellent, thanks and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• Taralee (156)
• [2009-01-15 4:14]

A beautiful photo. Great sharp focus. Good composition, natural colours and OOF BG. Very nice POV. Useful note.

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• uleko (2787)
• [2009-01-15 4:30]

Hello Chris,
Fantastic capture of this Hunter showing grea details and beautiful colours. I like your POV and it stands out very nicely from the background.
TFS and regards, Ulla

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• Miss_Piggy (7279)
• [2009-01-15 4:39]

Hallo Chris
The contrast of colours in this image is very striking and pleasing to the eye. The yellow tips on the lacey wings are really a turn on and grab your attention. The built of this Yellow striped hunter is quite muscular and very striking. Love the balanced pose you have captured it in. I find the composition very pleasant, and it was a pleasure looking at this beautiful insect. Focus is great and sharpness super. Colours are strong and pleasantly displayed.
Best regards
Anna

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• pankajbajpai (16507)
• [2009-01-15 5:29]

hello chris,
wonderful capture of the Yellow-striped Hunter, you have managed with very good results with sigma 70/300 lens, the pov is lovely and the dof is perfect, the total insect body is in sharp focus,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• Argus (34981)
• [2009-01-15 7:38]

Hello Chris,
A great macro of theis dragon taken from a great POV and with a terrific sharp DOF that shows up practically the whole of this Yellow-striped Hunter clearly against the OOF natural BG.
Nice one and TFS!
Cheers,
Ivan

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• sowmyav82 (258)
• [2009-01-15 8:16]

Hi Chris,

A very nice shot of the dragonfly. The colors and the wings are so sharp and clear.

Sowmya

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• adilakbar (590)
• [2009-01-15 8:22]

Hi Chris. This is very good macro shot. Excellent sharpness and details. Well done. Regards - Adil.

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• PeterZ (17564)
• [2009-01-15 11:02]

Hello Chris,
Superb sharp-detailed photo. Wonderful clear colours and a very good POV. Great OOF BG.
Regards,
Peter

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• Mana (18516)
• [2009-01-15 22:22]

Hi Chris,
Outstanding shot of this beautiful and elegant dragonfly. Very impressive sharpness, colours and details with perfect lighting and DOF. I like that loooong and slender abdomen. Very pleasing composition.
TFS.
Sumon

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• horia (14900)
• [2009-01-16 1:24]

Hi Chris

I see dragonfly season is in full-action there :)
This is a superb close-up of this Yellow-striped Hunter - a very bright and eye-catching species in real life, i'm sure :)
Being a part of the "gomphus" d-flies, it really has a lot of similar features to our Gomphids from here, among which being this superb contrast and coloration: yellow and black.
Your side POV shows this pattern well and also allows a great sharpness on the entire length of the d-fly.
F/27 is huge but it came with an impressive DOF that allowed you to almost catch it in full focus on the depth, too :)
Gorgeous job!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• albert (2055)
• [2009-01-16 2:01]

Hello Chris
Who!!! great pic with stunning details and vivid colours
Well done
Albert

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• LordPotty (12035)
• [2009-01-16 7:50]

Hi Chris,
A perfect capture I'd say.
Awesome DOF colour and detail.
Nicely composed with good bokeh.
Excellent work!
Well done.
Cheers
Steve

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• ferranjlloret (4742)
• [2009-01-19 9:32]

Hello Chris,
Excellent capture of this Yellow-striped Hunter well composed with a great details. Good POV.
TFS and Best regards.
Ferran

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• boreocypriensis (33819)
• [2009-01-20 1:20]

Hi Chris, what a great macro capture of this pretty daragonfly from a nice POV with great clarityand composition. I liked it so much.
Looking forward you MF!
Take care,

Bayram

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• Wolfpower (974)
• [2009-01-20 19:35]

Hello Chris

The yellow on this dragonfly is striking.
It reminds me of a sporty motorbike or something.
Excellent light and colour saturation.
The focus is sharp showing beautiful detail.
Lovely DOF ,the POV is very good.
TFS

Wolf

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• GaryT (1354)
• [2009-01-23 17:27]

Wow! This is very impressive. Gary

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• Karl312 (184)
• [2009-01-25 9:48]

Thank you very much! The dragonfly is one of my favourite insect specie.

Karel

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• Hormon_Manyer (2652)
• [2009-03-07 23:14]

Hi Chris,
Beautiful shot and compo, sharp as razorblade and You used the available light very well, colors are more than great. The art of insect photography.
Too bad You disappeared from the site, as it seems like - hopefully for a short period only. Best wishes from Your Hungarian friend, László