Dragon Fly

[tea_boy]

Found this little guy whilst testing a new lens. interested in peoples opinions.
dragon fly by tea_boy_steve, on Flickr

thanks for looking,
steve

 

[Joeturner11]

If You crop the bottom bit of it it will make the Dragonfly more clear and easy to see at the moment it's blending it, Nice sharpness aswell also what is your new Lens?

 

[Deleted member 34016]

That little GUY- is a FEMALE Common Darter

I agree about the crop too

Les

 

[tea_boy]

Thanks for the feed back. I will post a cropped version later when i get home.
The new lens is a tamron 70-300 f4-5.6 canon

And Les i knew which ever way i ended up sexing the dragon fly i would get it wrong thanks for the info

 

[Deleted member 34016]

Thanks for the feed back. I will post a cropped version later when i get home.
The new lens is a tamron 70-300 f4-5.6 canon

And Les i knew which ever way i ended up sexing the dragon fly i would get it wrong thanks for the info

I used to have that- but I bought a book - the male common darter is a ruddy red in colour- just in case you spot one

Les

 

[Nod]

I was tempted by a book on Dragonflies but it was titled "Dragonflies" and had a photo of what I'm sure was a Damselfly on the cover (wings folded back along the body)...

Good exposure and nicely parallel to the beasty's body (the angled wings throw the ends nicely OOF) but it needs a little space to move into.

 

[tea_boy]

Les i think a book will be purchased

Nod, do you mean it needs a little more space all around?

Also thanks for the comments and help

 

[Nod]

Personally, I like mobile subjects to have some space to move into (i.e. in front of them).

 

[tea_boy]

ah. OK that makes sense. I will have another look at the image and see what i can do