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Damsel's Ready For Her Closeup
Damsel's Ready For Her Closeup
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-08 (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Date: Aug 29, 2007
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 24, 2007

 A Damselfly. Not as popular as dragonflies(on DPC and where I live) but they're more challenging to photography since they're much tinier and are almost constantly on the move. Was thrilled to get as close as I did. Still is a cropped shot but the closest I could've gone. I have a shot which icluded its whole body but then the details of its eyes and upper body is what I wanted to show.


Thanks for everyone's comments and the fave by Lowcivicman :)

After a few days into voting I noticed the original needed sharpening. doh!

Sharpened version:
Sharpened Free Study Entry

A Free Study bug macro outtake:



Oh and this marks my 50th challenge entry. Woohoo! :)

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Votes: 149
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/07/2007 09:33:12 PM
WOw how cool is that eye ball? This is so neat adding to the Fav list.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/04/2007 12:52:42 PM
Amazing close up. Love the detail!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 09/01/2007 11:09:22 PM
Nice capture - Like the tones and composition - Nice and sharp.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 09/01/2007 03:49:58 PM
Looks like he has dentures. LOL Nice macro. I wish his wings and tail weren't cropped. ;~D
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D100
 09/01/2007 05:35:07 AM
lol, keeping an eye on things huh?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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