Dear all,

I am interested in macro shooting and have been learning for a few months now. I believe a quick way to learn and improve is to shoot more, post more and get more feedback and guidance from experience photographers. So far, I have participated in two nature photography forum and benefitted from them tremendously. I am sure I would learn as much from this reputable website.

This is my 1st post and your critique & comments are most welcome.

Cheers!
Anthony.

PS - Just realised that there are a few dust spots when I previewed the image. Please ignore it and I will get it cleaned soon ;-)

The photo is a truly beautiful photo. Love how you caught the backlighting. Great detail, just really nice

The composition could use some work. It is too centered as it is. Not exactly sure how I would shot it differently, but, I probably would have shot the damselfly's head up in the up 1/3 quadrant to the left and shown a bit more of the wings, or a bit less.

It really is a beautiful photo though!

I agree with julie, and I would add that it needs more contrast and color in the bug. I think one of the things that marks a good bug macro as art, is color. bugs have remarkable colors that need to be exposed otherwise they are bug shots. I know how much effort it takes to get shots like the one you posted, so I appreciate it very much! I also know that 99% of others who are not photographers dont know and mostly wont care, so it's all about the image. I'd try to increase the saturation and contrast in the thorax abdomen and eye areas the maybe drop the green in the background to help isolate the bug. . .