Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Camera Model Canon EOS 20D
Firmware Firmware 2.0.2
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/160
Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0
Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens 180.0mm
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode One-Shot AF

All comments welcome.

[Julie Kenward]

Gorgeous, Jon. You don't often get dragonflies this nice on a perch that beautiful - lovely work! At first I thought the image felt a tad bit dark but now that I look at it I think I prefer it this way - all the colors (the blues and the burgandies) are the deeper tones so I'd leave it as is. (Others might not agree so let's see what they say.)

Two thumbs up from me, though. Those wings are stunning with that tiny bit of lavendar in them.

[Ken Childs]

A beauty shot, Jon! The whole bug looks sharp as a tack and the colors are perfect. Well done!

[Markus Jais]

A great shot. Wonderful BG, great soft light and all of the damselfly is sharp. Can't be any better.

Markus

[Roman Kurywczak]

Very nice Jonathan! Looking forward to these myself in a while! I like the darker look of this....works for me all around.