A very good capture!

Beautiful capture!!!....great colors!!...well done Rushi!
Carlos

Good capture indeed

great focus and composition/ well cropped

+ 10

Nice work Rushi. The composition works ok. Perhaps if the leaf that the damesel fly is sitting on is not too blurred, showing more of it and having the shot composed portrait wise, the dynamics of leafs diagonal would compliment that of the damselfly.The selective focus is great, as are the colors.
John

Colours and focus are great! Very good capture. Personally I would suggest to leave a bit more space above the fly, to create a greater sense of depth and space.

Coco.

Beautiful capture Rushi!
cool composition I like it

Great seeing you diverse even further!
I love especially the clarity in the eyes and the body part!

Keep surprising us!

Great.

I would like it more if her "tail" was not blurred.

+6/7

nice capture... well done

Great shot...I d like it better if the tail was focused and there was a little more space on the right but I know that these kind of shots are very difficult ones so... top marks from me...

Nice work.
+9

Great shot, and a very unusual one to see from you! I

I woul have liket some more space at the top, but that's me. I always like to leave space for things to move.

I can't for my life understand how this could be taken with a 18-55 lense, but maybe I've just never tried myself. Good work anyway!

Great focus and detail. We can even see the hair on its legs.
Don

Beautiful work!
I just love the colors!
Top marks.

Cool one

Very nice work! Focus on the bug, dof and colors are looking great! Your presentation is very well done too!
Top marks.

Thanks for ur Crits & comments guys..
Guess the orignal photo will allow to add more space at TOP.. Though i will have to check.. If possible i will post the modified version soon..

@  Azurite : Well buddy just get as close to the fly as the lense would allow & shoot at 5.6 ... U just have to gain confidence of the fly to allow U that close. I got a BLUE TIGER butterfly just as close too will see if its good enough to post.

@  ahwayakchih & vanamont : Thnx guys, i think that is the only thing that would have made this even perfect for me. But it not always possible to get that close. Also the tail actually moved when i shot. All 3 shots I got have it blurred by movement. But i think it also works here in its own way.
@  monjo : U r right man.. Ofcourse the expert of this domain. Didn't think of it from that viewpoint. I will see if i have more of the leaf in the orignal shot.

very nice and sharp shot .....

Amazing capture. +10

Beautiful colors and great details!

All things considered, this shot is amazing. Of course, it would have been nicer with a little larger depth of field to have more of the leaf and its tail in focus, but considering that your subject was not necessarily a willing model, I think you made an optimal image of this scene. I especially like the diagonal leading line of the composition and its beautiful eyes and thorax at the critical intersection in the image. - jason

Ahhh ... my favorite insect! Very nice photo! The lighting has brought out those beautiful highlights and iridescence. I also enjoy the background. This damselfly by the way is of the genus Calopteryx. The common name of the genus is Jewelwing.

Very nice!

Michelle

great photo rushi ! +9

erdi

that is nice how did you ever get that close?
love the detail and the fall off on the tail really make the eyes and front part pop off very cool

Excelent capture.. great colors..love it! +7/7

sorry i missed this one. macros are not easy and this one is terrific! good DOF and i especially love the "flitter" of the top wing! i love this guys, great shot of the damsel!

Nice details, great pic !

very nice macro +9...

Jafus

Love dragon/damsel flies - this is a fine specimen. Thanks for the shot.

Enjoy delicate nature of this as it stops temporarily upon a leaf. Composition is good too.

Ooh Guys i check the orignal !! Don't have any space on the top to add !!!

Wow, great shot! I love it's coloring! Good work!

so much expression in this little bug, well captured !

Nice Capture.

+9

Awesome! I'd crop a little off the right; otherwise, perfect! Nice job!

Focus right on spot and very good framing in this case... love the greens (if you've ever been to my website, you'll know what I'm writing about)

Very nice capture! I like the focus and the full length composition dragonflies always are beautiful! +10

a superb capture this is! wow!

wowwwwwwwww,just wow,,what can i say? u r a professinal one,,
the composition is great,,i love the blury backround,,but i think that because of the focus right?i dont know much of camreas stuff,,
but really great one
noha

quite beautiful and nicely captured!

wow! awesome shot! 7/7

wow dude. this ones awesome.... real good focus