Common Blue damselfly - teneral

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tripod mongoose head
Canon 50D Canon 180mm macro ISO 200 -0.33,1/80 sec f11

Another shot from my garden pond, all C & C welcome.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Jonathan. Your pond is really paying off in terms of great photo ops! Good sharpness throughout, a clean background, and I like the slight diagonal of the leaf. My only comment is that I find the long shadow extending out of the bottom of the frame slightly distracting - but it's a minor point. This is very well done!

[Ken Childs]

Jon, you're sure taking advantage of your pond....in a good way. You been sharing some great damsel images lately.....this is another good one! I agree that the shadow at the bottom is a distraction but it should be easy enough to clone over the bottom end to make it appear it ends before going out of frame. I would also crop a small amount from the right so the damsel isn't quite so centered.