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Alfred Forns
08-02-2009, 09:28 PM
Congratulations Steve Maxson
Emerging Dragonfly #2


This is a followup to my previous post. This Common Baskettail has pulled itself free from its larval skin and has already begun to use blood pressure to pump up its wings. It will hang like this for another hour or so as its wings expand to their full size. During this time they are helpless and vulnerable to predation by birds. 40D, Canon 180 f/3.5 macro, 0.8 sec, f/20, ISO 400, tripod, mirror lock, cable release, macro twin flash set at 1/16 power for fill. I removed some flash-generated spectral highlights. Comments are welcome.

Axel Hildebrandt
08-02-2009, 09:39 PM
Congratulations, Steve! Great capture.

Dave Mills
08-02-2009, 11:19 PM
Wonderful image Steve, Congrats!!

Lance Peters
08-03-2009, 05:28 AM
awesome - big congrats

denise ippolito
08-03-2009, 06:22 AM
Steve, Congratulations on a fine image!

Harshad Barve
08-03-2009, 06:25 AM
Congratulations

Phil Ertel
08-03-2009, 06:28 AM
Congratulations Steve on Macro and Flora Image of the week.

Connie Mier
08-03-2009, 07:14 AM
Congratulations Steve, this is truly a beautiful photo and I enjoyed learning about the subject as well.
Connie

Cindy Cone
08-03-2009, 08:04 AM
Congrats on a well-deserved win!

Jackie Schuknecht
08-03-2009, 08:21 AM
Amazing shot Steve, congratulations.

Gus Cobos
08-03-2009, 12:32 PM
Congratulations Stephen...:cool:

Mike Lentz
08-04-2009, 07:59 AM
Congrats on the fine image, very nice!

Grace Scalzo
08-05-2009, 11:58 AM
Congrats! Wonderful!

Roman Kurywczak
08-05-2009, 05:40 PM
This is great Steve! Well deserved. Congrats!!!

Doug Brown
08-06-2009, 11:03 AM
Cool image with an interesting story! Congratulations!

Fabs Forns
08-06-2009, 03:57 PM
Extremely interesting series, Steve, congratulations!

Steve Maxson
08-06-2009, 07:36 PM
Thanks everyone for your kind words - they are much appreciated. :)

Steve Canuel
08-08-2009, 12:19 AM
Congrats Steve. Neat process to watch.

Nate Chappell
08-15-2009, 07:25 PM
Great capture of a wonderful natural process, congrats Steve!