A Portrait of Precision [Contest Staff Favorites July 2017]
Uploaded: July 08, 2017 20:45:13 | Entered: July 09, 2017 01:56:32
-- Widow Skimmer Dragonfly --
Dragonflies are agile, speedy, and precise hunters. They boast a 95% success rate when it comes to snagging their prey.
Category: Animals
Gail Sullivan July 09, 2017 1
Joanna....good macro and the background blends and compliments the dragonfly beautifully! #1690812Bojan Bencic July 09, 2017 1
WOW! Amazing photo, Joanna. Fantastic light, clarity and background. Love it. #11618362Jeff Robinson July 09, 2017 1
Excellent pose and capture! #11618365Gord MacEachern July 09, 2017 1
Very difficult capture but you aced it Joanna, great info also! #11618377Joanna Kovalcsik July 09, 2017
Gail, Bojan, Jeff, and Gord... thank you very much for all your great comments! They are truly appreciated! :o) #11618390Karen E. Gold July 09, 2017 1
Beautiful close-up, well done Joanna. #11618404Joanna Kovalcsik July 09, 2017
Karen, I appreciate that word of encouragement! Thanks!! :o) #11618422Karen E. Michaels July 09, 2017 1
Excellent wing detail, Joanna. Well done, indeed. #11618434Martha R. Mazon July 09, 2017 1
What an unusual and beautiful dragonfly, Joanna! The ones I see are always blue. I love the brown tones on this one, the details and framing. Excellent. #11618446Joanna Kovalcsik July 09, 2017
Karen and Martha, thanks for your very nice comments! Martha, the other ones I see here are the very large dragonflies with the green-striped bodies or the bright red ones. #11618462Terry Cervi July 09, 2017 1
Excellent close-up work, Joanna and your title works well here too! #11618485John Connolly July 09, 2017 1
An excellent title and capture Joanna! What a phenomenal macro capture! #11618502Joanna Kovalcsik July 09, 2017
Terry and John, thank you very much! While I was trying to think of just the right title for this image, I read a fascinating article about dragonflies. They are amazing creatures!!! :o) #11618528Leslie McLain July 09, 2017 1
Fantastic macro capture, Joanna. #11618554John Koepfer @PresentPleasures July 09, 2017 1
Excellent light, tones and bg Joanna, outstanding shot and info!! #11618587Patrick Rouzes July 09, 2017 1
Beautiful tones, light, clarity, & dof, Joanna! #11618611Joanna Kovalcsik July 09, 2017
Leslie, John, and Patrick... thanks for the good words and Sunday smiles! :o) #11618614Chuck Green July 10, 2017 1
Great closeup of this beauty, Joanna! <>< #11619041Joanna Kovalcsik July 11, 2017
Chuck, thanks for the encouraging comment! :o) #11619134G. Margaret Hennes July 20, 2017 1
Lovely macro capture, Joanna! #11622054Joanna Kovalcsik July 20, 2017
Margaret, thanks so much for the positive words! :o) #11622071Carrie Pichler August 13, 2017 1
Wow! This is great! #11630960Carrie Pichler August 13, 2017 1
Wow! This is great! #11630961Joanna Kovalcsik August 13, 2017
Carrie, thank you so much for the kind words!! :o) #11630988Susan Williams August 15, 2017 1
Beautiful macro and bokeh, Joanna. Love the details and warm color theme. Outstanding work! #11631396Joanna Kovalcsik August 15, 2017
Susan, thanks so much for the uplifting words! :o) #11631412Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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