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Red skimmer on lotus pod
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Red skimmer on lotus pod

by Gary Yeoh

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 19, 201118,430 views12 comments
Luck to spot this Red skimmer Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum on this dried up lotus seed pod.

D90 300mm F5.6 1/125 sec iso400 HH resting on railing. Thanks for viewing and C&C appreciated.

Comments

12 comments
Comment posted by David Schwaegler on September 19, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Beautiful colors on this DF. Well done as always!
Registered on December 4, 2003, 232 Posts, 1652 Comments
Comment posted by Balan Vinod on September 19, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Gary.....Wonderful details ...and a fantastic color palette......one tad bit space on top? But love this as is ...well done

Balan Vinod
Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments
Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on September 19, 2011 at 12:19 PM
Extremely good, sharp image, Gary. At F5.6 you really got all in line for perfect DOF. Excellent!
Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments
Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 19, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Gary,
I love the dry perch, the beautiful background colors and the comp. Very appealing image. :toast:
Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments
Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on September 19, 2011 at 1:02 PM
Great DF shot, Gary- Excellent sharpness and a fine DOF on this one- Since there is a lot of fine detail on DF, maybe you could try a slightly tighter composition (with a bit less BG on the upper and left side)- A beautiiful species indeed, Fabio
Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments
Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on September 20, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Great shot, Gary. Superb sharpness, great detail and wonderful colors: the BG matches perfectly the Red Skimmer tones. :toast:
Mauro
Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments
Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on September 20, 2011 at 11:42 AM
Great capture, Gary! I really like the comp on this, your lighting, the beautiful colors, and the great detail.
Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments
Comment posted by Matt Cole on September 20, 2011 at 3:32 PM
very nice Gary a lovely looking dragonfly and a nice background too. I think I would be tempted to darken the bright stem slightly and maybe crop a little off the top.

Matt :toast:
Registered on February 18, 2008, 17 Posts, 267 Comments
Comment posted by Roger Leekam on September 20, 2011 at 6:16 PM
Gary, gorgeous color & incredible sharpness. The background is beautiful & it complements the DF colors very well.
Registered on May 28, 2009, 83 Posts, 646 Comments
Comment posted by Graham Brown on September 21, 2011 at 4:10 AM
Well captured, nice to see all wings open with plenty of detail there. Excellent lighting gives an impressive layered effect and I like the background colours. Initially I thought a tighter crop would be better but this would give a square image so I'm not sure. Graham
Registered on November 20, 2007, 275 Posts, 1365 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on September 21, 2011 at 3:57 PM
Wonderful perch and colors throughout the image, nice job in getting this, well seen.
Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 3, 2012 at 9:38 AM
You managed the bright light well Gary, that's one wild looking color combo on the skimmer..
Great details and BG separation. Just curious, it's water on the RT side that brings in the blue correct?
Anyway, it's kinda cool how it compliments the subject here :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments