Common blue damsleflies coupled

[Jonathan Ashton]

Backlit, with a reflector bouncing the light back Tripod Canon 7D Canon 180mm ISO 200 1/50 sec f8

This is a closer view of a similar post a short while ago.

[Randy Stout]

Jon:

The lighting here is very effective, with just the right balance of frontal and back lighting.
I like the detail in both the insects and the perch, encourages the eye to roam around.
BG colors works well.

Nicely lit and captured.

Cheers

Randy

[christopher galeski]

nice image,like the BG,not seen many of these in my area this year.

[Arthur Morris]

This is pretty much perfection. Talk about parallelling the subject! I love all the diagonal lines. I wish only that you had pointed the camera up just a bit. This would have made two small improvements:

1- put a bit more room above the subjects than below.
2-reduced the very slight background gradient effect at the bottom of the frame.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Jon. A good example of working the subject - you now have (at least) two outstanding, but different, images from the same photo opportunity! Again - interesting behavior captured, very good overall sharpness and detail on your subjects, a clean background, and good use of the reflector. Excellent work!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much for your comments everyone - much appreciated.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, excellent DOF throughtout the whole image, and you have certainly captured the finer detail nicely. I feel your comp works well, and both damselflies pop so well against the smooth BG.

[Karen Forderer]

Great detail and nice DOF on these guys. I see them all the time at our boat but haven't got a great shot yet.

[Anita Bower]

Nice image. The blue against dark bg is most effective. Nice composition. Good detail. Nice backlighting and use of reflector--created nice light.

[Jason Stander]

Hi J, This is what I was talking about... with regards to the image... all is spot... WD Sir!