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    Tripod Canon 7D Canon 180mm macro ISO 250 1/160 sec f11
    Another shot by my garden pond, I had difficulty in trying to get all the wings in focus, this is a teneral and it was continually changing wing positions trying to optimise blood flow ready for maiden flight. The background consists of out of focus flowers and ferns at the pond side.

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    Stunning Jonathan... excellently exposed detail... sharp everywhere... just pops from that bg... nice to have a different angle... love the lift of the left leg... super work mate!

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    Jon:

    I like it too. The colors are great, bg plays very well with the dragon. Very nice details.

    My only thought about changes would be a slightly lighter perch would have been less dominant in the image. Now if you can just train them to land in the right spot!

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    Randy, I have already implemented your suggestion regarding the perch.. Training has commenced but they are a little slow on the uptake at present.

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    Sharpness and details are great. Very nice light and BG colours are awesome. Excellent image.
    Good luck training them for landing as you wish!

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    Outstanding. This is a beautiful image, whether or not one likes insects. :-) I like those spread out wings catching the light, and the details on the rest of the body. The bg is very pleasing. I like the juxtaposition of the body and the twig, coming at different angles. It would be easy to lighten the twig if you wanted. A luminous image.

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    Many thanks everyone for your comments.

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    Beautiful sharpness and colors, and the light on the wings is wonderful!

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    Hi Jon. Another beautiful dragonfly image and it really shows off the shininess of those newly expanded wings (interesting that its already got a tear in one of them - something didn't work quite right). Very nice light, comp, sharpness, and background. I hope the training is going well. Very well done!

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