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    Default Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

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    Taken on my garden pond, this little guy spent all last year as a nymph, came out of his exuvia only to get tangled in the plants, unfortunately his wings never unfolded and he was doomed as he emerged.
    I do have images with a more uniform background but I preferred the lighting on the damselfly in this particular one, I more or less managed to get the image without any specular highlights which is what I wanted.
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    Olympus : E-M1X
    Lens focal length : 300 mm
    Focal Length (35 mm conversion) : 601.0mm
    Metering mode : Pattern
    Exposure mode : Manual exposure
    ISO Sensitivity : 500
    Exposure compensation : +0.3 EV
    Shutter speed : 1/320 sec
    Aperture : F8
    Flash : OFF

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    John:

    Very uniform lighting on the damselfly. Good dof on subject. I do wish the subject was just a bit brighter in relationship to the brighter green background.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Stout View Post
    John:

    Very uniform lighting on the damselfly. Good dof on subject. I do wish the subject was just a bit brighter in relationship to the brighter green background.

    Cheers

    Randy
    Thanks Randy I see what you mean, the colours are like they are because I deliberately cast a shadow on the subject, I am guessing it did not reach the green leaf. When I left it in the bright light it was rather glistening in appearance. I bought one of the clear white umbrellas a few years back to filter the sunlight - could I find it could I ..
    Here's the one in direct light

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    Jon:

    I do prefer the lighting on the damsel fly in the first version, but find the #2 a bit better overall because of the softer background.

    I really like to use a large white diffuser at times when taking my frog pictures when the sun is bright, cuts contrast and specular reflections significantly, so keep looking for your umbrella!!

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    Yes, I prefer #2 as well...like the contrast, the smooth BG and overall sharpness. TFS

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    Interesting about the wings. Never have seen that. I would take either image.

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