dragonfly
by owen

Comment by sfalice:
Greetings from the Critique Club

What a beautiful insect. You were richly rewarded, and rightly so, by our voters for this splendid image. The defined gossimer wing formation and the strong coloration make this a delight to examine.

Yes, one of your commentors thought the background/leaf area was a little 'hot' and in a perfect world, that would have been correctible. Maybe a touch of curves? Who knows.

I wish you continued success in DPC and look forward to seeing more of your work.

Dining Out
by owen

Comment by MayaM:
Great pic, maybe it is my eyes, but the focus could be sharper in the catapilliar.

Dining Out
by owen

Comment by Paul Hakimata:
Is this guy belly-up? Very nice colors. It seems like the focus is the leaf instead of the "bugger".

Dining Out
by owen

Comment by AzCKelly:
Very nice, the patterns and colors are great. Love the details.

Dining Out
by owen

Comment by banmorn:
Great macro....excellent composition of the pattern on pattern. Love the coloring and pattern of the catepillar in particular. Wish you had been able to clean the leaf up a bit but what are you going to do. Excellent.

Dining Out
by owen

Comment by Sunshine86:
This little guy carries around the german flag on his back lol....neat picture, would have maybe liked a little bit more from a slightly lower angle, but you recieved a 7

Dining Out
by owen

Comment by caba:
Awesome image, well composed, super contrast.

dragonfly
by owen

Comment by sir_bazz:
I had this in my 2nd tier of votes and recall thinking that it must be an Asian variety of dragonfly as it's too colorful for an Aussie one. Nice macro work and congrats on the top 20.

dragonfly
by owen

Comment by graphicfunk:
All i can say is "Wow!" Congratulations on your top 20 finish.

Dining Out
by owen

Comment by smyk:
Excellent. The two patterns go well together. The color contrast is great as well as the framing. To bad there is this blueish tint going on, but this is basic editing so I won't hold it against you ;). 9