Male Roseart Skimmer by Paul

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Another shot of this beautifully coloured mauve and pink dragonfly that has now been identified as a male roseart skimmer.
Hope you like it and thanks for passing by.
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Camera:	Canon EOS 400D
Lens:	Sigma 105mm
Recording media:	RAW (digital)

Title:	Male Roseart Skimmer
Username:	Paul_cats
Uploaded:	28 May 2008 - 8:02 PM
Tags:	Close up, Close-up / macro, Dragonfly, General, Nature, Roseart skimmer, Wildlife, Wildlife / nature
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Buffalo_Tom (e2 Member)

28 May 2008 - 8:10 PM

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Stunning image and detail Robin.Shortlisted.
Tom.

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Dee73

28 May 2008 - 8:11 PM

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great detail & colour, perfect shot.
Damon

richardc39

28 May 2008 - 8:17 PM

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Wow - razor sharp..

photophantom

28 May 2008 - 8:17 PM

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nice pose.....clear shot with gorgeous colors

fatmod

28 May 2008 - 8:27 PM

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superb macro shot

brownsilent (e2 Member)

28 May 2008 - 8:37 PM

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This is an amazing image, not only the colours are stunning, detail and pose are also excellent. Great catch,
Johanna

Hop-A-Long

28 May 2008 - 8:41 PM

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Wonderful detail. Excellent shot.
Andy

GlynnisFrith (e2 Member)

28 May 2008 - 8:41 PM

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What lovely colour it is & well taken super detail
Glynnis

janet

28 May 2008 - 9:08 PM

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Fantastic image Paul!
Your portfolio is very impressive.

Jan.

pluckyfilly (e2 Member)

28 May 2008 - 9:14 PM

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great shot has to be a winner

stephy

28 May 2008 - 9:16 PM

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wow great image

Scaramanga (e2 Member)

28 May 2008 - 9:16 PM

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Stunning image the colours and detail are perfect, wonderful.

taggart (e2 Member)

28 May 2008 - 9:33 PM

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Spectacular image, (jealous) Wonderful macro work!

Jennnn

Gezina

28 May 2008 - 9:46 PM

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This has got a serious wow factor, detail just amazing, well done Ina

cheesey (e2 Member)

28 May 2008 - 9:49 PM

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Lovely colours and detail. Great shot.
Cheesey.

lonely_oryx (e2 Member)

28 May 2008 - 10:05 PM

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Super image

pamelajean (Critique Team)

28 May 2008 - 10:09 PM

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What amazing colours throughout the whole image, and I like the composition too. This is a real beauty, and so glad you managed to ID it.

SueTurner

28 May 2008 - 10:25 PM

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really agree with the comment above, took the words out of my mouth

derekv (e2 Member)

28 May 2008 - 10:31 PM

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Another stunner, Paul, great detail and presentation.
Derek

piccy

28 May 2008 - 10:36 PM

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A real gem.
Freda

NickBrandon

28 May 2008 - 10:37 PM

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This is a beauty Paul,

Good work, Nick

whiteswan01

28 May 2008 - 10:53 PM

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brilliant colours would love to see 1 Dawn

User_Removed (Junior Member)

28 May 2008 - 11:10 PM

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Lovely detail and a finely composed shot!
Andrew

Herge88 (e2 Member)

28 May 2008 - 11:48 PM

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The detail as always is simply stunning, I have a long way to go to match this.

Best Matt

SurreyHillsMan (e2 Member)

28 May 2008 - 11:59 PM

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Cracking shot Paul... especially viewed large

Jon

Joline (e2 Member)

29 May 2008 - 3:36 AM

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This is total perfection. What wonderful coloration.

chrissd

29 May 2008 - 5:32 AM

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another cracker Paul, nice one
chris

CarolG (e2 Member)

29 May 2008 - 5:38 AM

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A stunner of an image, Paul, wonderful colour and detail. Carol

LuzDeNoche

29 May 2008 - 8:05 AM

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Very beautiful. Love the glint of light on the wings.
Lucy

Badgerfred (e2 Member)

29 May 2008 - 12:23 PM

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Super image,
Fred.

nickyv32 (e2 Member)

29 May 2008 - 2:52 PM

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Beautiful colour, amazing capture.

Nicky

Rock (e2 Member)

29 May 2008 - 8:04 PM

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A WINNER.

Rock

ChrisWallace

29 May 2008 - 8:32 PM

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Lovely image, great compositin and presentation.
Chris

FeatherFriend (e2 Member)

29 May 2008 - 10:38 PM

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Perfect in all respects.
Geoff.

sparklep

29 May 2008 - 11:26 PM

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I agree with the above statement. It is brilliant, So well done.

MandsH

29 May 2008 - 11:35 PM

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Such gorgeous colours in this superb close up
MANDY

JimV (e2 Member)

30 May 2008 - 2:38 AM

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Stunning close-up Paul, I'd have liked a different background, but you probably had no control over that!
Rgds., Jim

helenlinda (e2 Member)

30 May 2008 - 9:51 AM

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A superb close up shot. I love the detail in the wings
Helen

GMKhamish

30 May 2008 - 12:01 PM

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Hi Paul , you have been busy whilst I was away caravanning at Dunning. Super images - super scores.

Silverzone (e2 Member)

30 May 2008 - 5:50 PM

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Superb eyecatching shot. Sylvia

sandrish

30 May 2008 - 6:31 PM

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Excellent shot with superb detail.

Sandra

Angi_Wallace (e2 Member)

30 May 2008 - 9:30 PM

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Wow this is fabulous. Such lovely colours too.

SKavanagh

31 May 2008 - 6:58 AM

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Excellent shot Great detail
Steve

Glostopcat (e2 Member)

1 Jun 2008 - 4:40 PM

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An outstanding image Paul, one of your very best I think

BlackNinja

2 Jun 2008 - 5:01 PM

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amazing detailed shot

KangaGal

18 Jun 2008 - 2:06 PM

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Brilliant.

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