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    Default Dragonfly Up close

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    Took this at a local lake last summer
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    Hi Bob, you have the subject and flower nicely isolated. I am a little hesitant regarding the image, the colours appear to be rather strange there appears to be a cyan cast, I am not sure what is going on. Did you process the image differently to your usual regime?

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    Wonderful pose of the dragonfly and a very lovely perch. The sharpness and DOF are excellent, the dragonfly seems sharp from head to toe. Indeed there seems to be a bluish cast, although it is difficult to pinpoint because there is a lot of blue in the image to begin with. I guess I'd warm up the colors slightly by a WB adjustment.

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    Jon....Thanks again for your help ...I will definetely work on these colors as they are over saturated and I see what you mean by the cyan cast

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Miller View Post
    Jon....Thanks again for your help ...I will definetely work on these colors as they are over saturated and I see what you mean by the cyan cast
    You are welcome Bob, anytime.

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    Beautiful composition here, I think everyone has already nailed all the key points of this image!

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    Lovely pose and composition and nice and sharp. Good comments about the colors.

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    Hi Bob. This dragonfly (looks like a Blue Dasher) gave you a nice pose on a colorful perch and against a clean background. I would agree about the perception of a blueish color cast (should be easy to adjust) and I'd be tempted to crop a little from the left. A couple tweaks and you have a winner!

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