Broad Bodied Chaser - female

[Bill Nuttall]

Nikon V1 + FT-1 + Nikon 300mm f4
ISO 400 at f9
(anything over ISO 400 is not much use on the V1 for close ups)

NOT cropped, Full frame on the Nikon V1 sensor ….. maybe I got a little too near!!!

processed in LR and CS6

SW France

[Diane Miller]

Well done with very nice detail, and a well named dragonfly.

I could see some being removed from the left, maybe halfway to the wing. You could also touch out the tiny darker area along the right border -- it keeps drawing my eye.

Look forward to seeing more!

[Bill Nuttall]

Thanks Diane

Merci

[Jonathan Ashton]

The dragonfly is well focused, did you apply noise reduction selectively? The area immediately above the head seems to have a slightly different texture?? I agree the background is not ideal but these critters don't always land where you want them to.

[Bill Nuttall]

Thanks for your comments

Repost and re-edit

78% crop of Nikon V1 image

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[Jonathan Ashton]

Love the colours, I would be tempted to reduce the crop I think that is suffering but it looks good!