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Eastern Forktail Damsel

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 5, 201051 views6 comments

Found this (mature) female damselfly while slogging around on the edge of the Clearwater (MN) river. Had similar luck with an immature http://myrabo.com/4images/details.php?image_id=768. Not so with the male, however. Looking for feedback (and correction, if I've misidentified!

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Oly e620, 35mm macro, ISO 100, f6.3, 1/160s

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 5, 2010 at 7:51 PM

Arne:
Good capture of this DF with excellent details from head to tail. The water droplets on the perch looks refreshing. I like your other immature DF image better because the bg is more pleasing. You could perhaps crop of the top portion of this image to get the same effect.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by John Wheatley on August 5, 2010 at 8:59 PM

Great shot. These things are ubiquitous hereabouts, but I've never gotten a shot this good.

Registered on October 2, 2009, 5 Posts, 33 Comments

Comment posted by Arne Myrabo on August 6, 2010 at 7:44 AM

Gary, I originally had the "sky" cropped out, but changed my mind :) http://myrabo.com/4images/details.php?image_id=769. Thanks for the feedback!

Registered on August 28, 2009, 15 Posts, 35 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Moats on August 6, 2010 at 6:29 PM

Hey Arne, very nice subject, like the diagonal line of the perch. Good sharp details and nice BG I would crop some of the top and also clone out the white area across the top, it pulls your eye up.

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Comment posted by Sam Rua on August 7, 2010 at 4:15 PM

Very nice detail and a good capture, Arne. I agree with the others on cropping the top and making this more of a pano comp. The other image is ok, but I think less space above and below would make for a cool comp.

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Comment posted by Arne Myrabo on August 8, 2010 at 11:26 PM

OK - here you go.

Registered on August 28, 2009, 15 Posts, 35 Comments