@Alessandro: this is actually the second pic i've posted of this damselfly. as i explained with the first pic, she landed on the island in my kitchen and seemed unable to fly away. she would flap her wings, but not go anywhere. so i snapped probably thirty pics, while she just kept turning to face the flash. eventually, i finished and she flew off...

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States

marvelous -- so beautiful against the white background! excellent detail!

1 Jul 2008 3:21am

eddy from tehran, Iran

incredible

1 Jul 2008 4:23am

Veronelle from Lens, France

nice alien photo ! lol

1 Jul 2008 5:08am

shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Wonderful macro shot!Amazing!

1 Jul 2008 5:45am

Helma from Tehran, Iran

Great macro !!! wonderful shot with best focuss ... excellent !

1 Jul 2008 6:54am

crafts from Malang, Indonesia

excellent macro shot!

1 Jul 2008 8:45am

willow from Chelsea, United States

Beautifully done!

1 Jul 2008 1:20pm

Hamid.R from Tehran, Iran

nice macro.

1 Jul 2008 1:38pm

Florence from Paris, France

Wow ! That's a "WOW" picture ! :-) Amazing focus on the eyes ! So , this is the second of the serie ? A remarkable picture really for the white background reveals its intensity...

1 Jul 2008 2:05pm

@Florence: yeah, it's the second, though i'm spreading them them out (you know, for variety and all that).

thanks for the great comment!

Observing from Local, United Kingdom

Great macro, and the white space is very effective.

1 Jul 2008 2:55pm

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

AWESOME! Paul simply awesome, damselflies and dragonflies are my favourite insects. I would love to get a shot like this.

1 Jul 2008 8:03pm

Nicholas from Shah Alam, Malaysia

Great macro! :D

1 Jul 2008 9:08pm

Persian King from Tehran, Iran

Amazing macro, simply mind boggling details

1 Jul 2008 10:45pm

Laurent from Lyon, France

hey! Mister monster is back. Like the other one I would say that it because that bug is so ugly that I like the shot.

1 Jul 2008 11:30pm

dee from Innsbruck, Austria

Great shot! I like all the diagonals leading through the picture. I'd just remove the dust spots, though ;-)

2 Jul 2008 5:57am

@dee: Yeah, I noticed those yesterday at work. I didn't have time last night to fix 'em, though it is on my "to do" list.

My sensor needs a little playdate with my sensor swabs, methinks!

Magda from Vancouver, Canada

amazing!

12 Aug 2008 10:51am

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