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Damsel

by David Chauvin

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted May 15, 20051,878 views10 comments
Shot this morning in the Bonnet Carre spillway. It was calm at first light and the damsels were plentiful.

20D, 300f4 w/68mm ext tubes, 1/5 sec, f6.3, iso 100

Regards,

David
Laplace, LA

Comments

10 comments
Comment posted by LG Price on May 15, 2005 at 9:03 PM
:cool: :cool: :cool:
Registered on March 9, 2005, 160 Posts, 1500 Comments
Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on May 15, 2005 at 9:48 PM
Hey Lil Buddy,

See you finally got one out in the open with a good background.
I really like the dew covered perch. Did you use fill flash on this one?
Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments
Comment posted by Tam Stuart on May 16, 2005 at 8:51 AM
Great color and detail on this pretty damsel. Very nice background to go with it, too.
Registered on November 17, 2003, 113 Posts, 1600 Comments
Comment posted by Juza on May 16, 2005 at 11:46 AM
I'm jealous! :wink: I LOVE the colors, the dew and the clean composition. A joy to view :smile:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 374 Posts, 10466 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Moats on May 16, 2005 at 2:34 PM
Hey David, great shot!! :cool: :cool:
Registered on October 20, 2004, 892 Posts, 6324 Comments
Comment posted by Terri Norris on May 16, 2005 at 2:50 PM
Pretty damsel, David! :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 395 Posts, 2402 Comments
Comment posted by David Chauvin on May 16, 2005 at 7:05 PM
Ronnie,,,,no flash was used. The sun had just cleared the horizon and coming over my shoulder. My tripod was splayed flat, as low as possible, to get the clean bg and correct plane of focus. This spot was crawling with damsels......you should have been there! :razz:

See Ya Later,

David
Registered on August 5, 2004, 1007 Posts, 5595 Comments
Comment posted by William Brozy on May 16, 2005 at 8:05 PM
Beautiful capture David. Really nice and clean esp. with none of the dew between the wings that seems to muddy the detail. Great colors and contrasts, man you gotta love that big macro lens of yours. Congrats this is an awesome dF image!!!

Registered on November 9, 2003, 559 Posts, 2929 Comments
Comment posted by Cristiano Ribeiro on May 17, 2005 at 12:43 PM
Perfect composition and perfect detail. :jump:
Registered on April 26, 2005, 3 Posts, 3 Comments
Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on April 2, 2006 at 9:02 AM
beautiful ! :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 492 Posts, 4580 Comments