Love Story

[OvidiuCavasdan]

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k71/COV_2006/DsF5667_2R.jpg
40D, EF 100mm Macro
F/7.1
1/250 sec
ISO 400
Natural light, manual mode, HH, no crop, s/h, levels, sharpening.

[Julie Kenward]

And the beat goes on... ;)

Great pose and capture, Ovidiu! I am not sure but I wonder if a slight curves tweak in contrast would bring that top DF out a bit more from the BG. Otherwise...fantastic insect image!

I'm seeing two different colored eyes - is that how you tell the men from the ladies?

[Ken Childs]

Very nice find, Ovidiu. I know just how hard it is to find these things with a clean BG. I love it as is and maybe I'd love it even more if you follow Jules' advice. :)

[OvidiuCavasdan]

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k71/COV_2006/DsF5667R4.jpg

Thanks for comments and suggestion.
Julie, I dont know about the eyes colors.

[Ken Childs]

The repost does look better. :)

Jules, usually dragonfly/damselfly males and females look very different from each other. In this case, the difference isn't all that obvious but male is the one with the blue eyes.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Ovidiu,
Repost is excellent and the comp is outstanding!!! Very difficult to get with clean BG. Super job!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Not easy to catch these ones! nice image and repost makes a difference.