Amazing, flawless image. The array of colours is great. Well done. :)

Actually, I don't like nature shots, but I can recognize a wonderful image!

A. Remotti, Turin, Italy

Really IMPRESSIVE image. Congratulations. Best Wishes. (sorry have no more seven)

This is one special macro of a bug with dew! Its the way the dew drops brings out /magnify the eyes which I dont think have ever seen before. then I checked your profile and you seem to be a master of it.

7/7

Amazing macro martin . Was this lens in reverse position ?

Thanks ...

Ali ...

no in normal position. but i heard that the enlarging lenses have a better quality if you use them in a reverse position. the problem is that i didn?t find a proper object for this

Excellent shot! The details are really stunning. Congratulations. Emmanuel

Impressive! I think this is the best macro I?ve ever seen. Congrats!

no words to describe this shot!!! see above, possibly one of the best shot I have ever seen!!

magic - colours, composition, DOF, sharpness - all perfect for me. amazing.

Very nice details and effect, my regards, RK!

stunning

7/7 Excellent!

I'm amazed that you got this very beautiful shot with a 50mm lens. How close were you to the subject?

to all. the distance were only a few centimeters

What an amazing shot! The selective magnification provided by the water droplets is fascinating. I stared at this photo for an hour tonight!

I would love to know as many details as possible concerning how you obtained this shot. This embodies everything that makes macro photography so compelling...

thanks for your comment. i searched, before sunrise, near a small pond for some dragonflies. until i found one it last sometimes more than 1 hour. the photo technical details are: i used a tripod, a nikon d200 and a bellow together with an enlarger lens (like rodagon or componon lenses). the shutter speed was, as i can remember, 1,5 sec. at an aperture of 13. i used the function mirror-up of my camera, to reduce vibrations caused by the mirror and shutter. i hope i answerd most of your question, if not please ask ;)

like ju

I guess the dragonfly is still too cold to fly away. What time of year is this? Either way an impressive image and definitely worth the time searching for a dragonfly.

i took this shot at the end of september. the big advantage at this time of the year is that the night are getting colder. so you have a great light situation, fog and many dew as the result.

Very cool!!!!

Viewing this photo is a life changing experience. Thank you so much for sharing it. So say it's incredible doesn't do it justice.

I'm speechless. I believe this is the best photo I've ever seen. Simply perfect.

Astounding!

I really hope and pray that you have registered your copyrights on this photo.

incredible ! cheers Jana

Amazing. I got up close and personal with a few dragon flies this summer, but I didn't get any breathtaking shots like this.

I love macro shots and this is one of the coolest ever!! The images inside the eyes are out of this world!! Amazing shot.

A blaster shot!!! For a macro lover like I am, this is a real eye digest!!! Sure, 7/7, no less...

superb again, well worth getting up early for.

This is crazy good. Very impressed.

This is simply a fantastic photo in every way. Thank's for sharing :-)

This is outstanding shot! Regards :)

Brilliant ! I presume you've sent some of your best work to National Geographic ??

you are the Master...Outstanding!! and a inspiration. Bravo!!

You make me want to like bugs :) This is probably the top Macro image I've ever seen here!

Tremendous macro with eye-popping result. The fine details of its eye in droplets are amazing. This is top notch both technically and aesthetically.

WOW, absoulutely amazing photo!

Absolutely stunning! Sharpness, composition, colours, smooth background....it's all there!

This is the best macro photograph I have ever seen!!! You have outstanding talent. Congratulations, Lesley

thank you very very much for all your nice comments and your rating.

It is incredible how much detail you were able to capture. That is one of the best macro shots I've ever seen. May I ask what you use for your post process sharpening? This image is so perfectly sharp that I have a hard time believing it was just "unsharp mask" in Photoshop. Yes, 7/7 - no doubt. Very difficult shooting in the field with a bellows and you got a perfect image.

hello mark, thanks for your comment and ratng. i use the smart sharpen function of photoshop. i minimize the size of an image in several steps. before every size adjustment i sharp the image until i reach the web size (72dpi)

WOW!! Really stunning image. I can see I have a long way to go when it comes to depth of field and sharpness. Thanks for providing all the tech details as well as the environmental info--late September, before dawn....

Cheers, Nancy

love the amount of detail that you have been able to capture in this! i also like the angle that you have selected cuz it lends a slightly abstract perspective to the pic.....the dew is just amazing!

it is perfect images i have ask the one questions what is the bead bead thing to seem

the beads are just waterdrops, caused by thte morning dew. thanks for your rating

One of the coolest macro shots Ive ever seen.Eveything about this is amazing.10/10 How in the world can someone give this a 4/3???

This is the most amazing photo i have ever seen. Incredible. Picture Pete

Amazing, incredible, dazzling, wunderbar.

Amazing macro shot.Perfect.

Absolute gem of an image. Amazing clarity.

I've never seen anything like this before. Just incredible. Ian.

Beautyful, really magic, an happy moment of life... are it taking his bath, or it just come out of it :)

Absolutely amazing!

Wow ... This is world class

is this not 'photo of the YEAR', too?REGARDS!

AND ALTHOUGH THIS IMAGE GOT A COUPLE OF 4/4, OR 5/4, HAH? are they crazy or blindly jealous?

Amazing detail, amazing colour, all around, amazing picture!

WOW! Truly a unique photo! nice capture!

Amazing and spectacular !!!!

Wow this shot is not an easy shot to do first of all. Perfect focus exposure is almost perfect, Subject matter is good, comp is good and very colorful. Overall outstanding Photograph.

One of the most interesting photographs I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing.

I think one of the best macro artists I have ever seen, really love your work and this photo is just breathtaking! I'm a macro-addict, but my photo's are far from what you are showing us here! I would love to get my hands on an enlarger lens, but have no idea what kind of bellow I would need? Could you please let me know what bellow you use? I'm working most of the time with the Nikon D300. Thanks in advance and keep up this fabulous work!

One of the best macro images I've ever seen. Wonderful colors!!

This is a great pic, I actually am renting a macro lens right now and I am finding out exactly how difficult it is to capture a picture of a bug! with the macro lens I have you have to zoom in sooo close that the bug flies away before i can take the pic. I'm thinking about either waking up super early to get them when they are wet and cant move, or get a net to catch them first. Dragonflies are impossible to take pictures of otherwise. any advice?

Oh my God, this Photo is just way too awesome. greets Samen

Wow!

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This is a really eye-catching image. I really cannot fault it, and as a picture editor I would if I could! It has that magic 'work of art' feel to it. Many congratulations. I've emailed you as well, so hope you received that.

Hi there:

I'm a Picture Researcher for the marketing department at The Teaching Company in Chantilly, Virginia (USA). We're an electronic publishing company, working in the educational space. Our courses are typically produced on DVD or audio CD, and target life-long learners (mostly post-graduates.)

I'm interested in the above image for a catalog cover, and wanted to see if it might be available for licensing? Please get back to me as soon as possible, so I know if this image can be presented as an option to our team.

Thanks much.

Marc Sirinsky Picture Researcher I The Teaching Company 4840 Westfields Blvd. Suite 500 Chantilly, VA 20151 D.L.: 703-502-5730 Fax: 703-502-7307 sirinskym@teachco.com

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I am a Chinese photographer who skilled in nature. It's great to see your amazing photos from this webside,and if you can give me some advises or comments,it will be highly appreciated.

This is one of the most amazing photos I've ever seen. Yes, I rated it a 7/7 (10/10 if I could have!), but what's more important is how the photo moved me.

After seeing it, and having an interest in macro photography of both flowers and insects, I was moved to purchase a true macro lens to see if I could create anything close to this. I'm new to DSLRs, and I just bought a Nikon D90, and for the macro lens, I bought a Tamron 90mm (had to stay a little more affordable than the Nikon lenses).

What an amazing photo, it truly belongs in the top of its class. You know you've provided something truly inspiring when someone who views it is moved to action.

Well done!