The lighting here is very effective, with just the right balance of frontal and back lighting.
I like the detail in both the insects and the perch, encourages the eye to roam around.
BG colors works well.
This is pretty much perfection. Talk about parallelling the subject! I love all the diagonal lines. I wish only that you had pointed the camera up just a bit. This would have made two small improvements:
1- put a bit more room above the subjects than below.
2-reduced the very slight background gradient effect at the bottom of the frame.
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Hi Jon. A good example of working the subject - you now have (at least) two outstanding, but different, images from the same photo opportunity! Again - interesting behavior captured, very good overall sharpness and detail on your subjects, a clean background, and good use of the reflector. Excellent work!
Hi Jon, excellent DOF throughtout the whole image, and you have certainly captured the finer detail nicely. I feel your comp works well, and both damselflies pop so well against the smooth BG.