Damselfly

For weeks now I have seen these damselflies flitting around, but they wouldn't land long enough to photograph them. Finally today they settled down and would land for prolong periods of time allowing me to snap their portrait

[Mags]

That's just beautiful, Skip! I love the shades of green and the details in those wings!

[Sheri]

Great details!

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@marlboromaam - Thank you so much Maggie!! I had ordered extension tubes and they came today. I can't wait to learn how to properly use them and get good with them!

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@groovygirlrn - You are very kind Sheri!! Thank you!!

[Kalexa]

Striking green and black colours in this. Great detail.

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@kalexa - Thank you Kalexa I appreciate all of your encouraging comments!

[❀ Lynn]

Beautiful...the wings look like netting!

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@lynnb - Thank you again Lynn you are very kind!

[Kim]

This is just AWESOME! He really pops on the green! Great work!

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@kdei - Thank you Kim so much for your generous comments!!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Beautiful....wonderful green tones and the damsel in black is great....do you think you could get a full shadow next time please???!!!!

[Peter de Graaff]

Great capture amongst green

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@ruthmouch - Thank you very much Ruth. I have others I took that day where more the damselfly's shadow appears on a leaf. I will look through them and post one later in may Potpourri album for you to see.

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@peterdegraaff - Thank you very much Peter I appreciate you commenting!

[Juliette Packham]

awesome shot - love the light in this and perfect focus - well captured

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@sparkle - Thank you again Juliette!! I value your kind comments!!

[eva]

G o r g e o u s.

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@ruthmouch - I found this one and posted it in my other album http://365project.org/skipt07/potpourri/2012-06-08

[Linda]

Great capture! Excellent focus and detail.

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@grannysue - You are very kind Linda!! Thank you!