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You simply must look at this in "Large", or ever better "Original" to see the detail in the centre.
Taken at Dewstow Gardens & Grotto, Caldicot, Monmouthshire with my Olympus 35mm f3.5 Macro lens, which is proving to be a revelation. Manually focused using the live view's ability to zoom in 10x to get really sharp.
Note that this is not cropped or Photoshopped.
This male was photographed along the Sacramento River Trail below Keswick Dam, Shasta Co., CA May 20, 2017. I only saw one so this is the first of the season.
A very co-operative dragonfly. They are only about 1 1/2 " long, and the warm sunshine was too hard to resist for it!
I wish i could explain how my joy knew no bounds after clicking these pics with the constant fear of a bee which was sitting on the same plant.
After so many months i cleaned up my Macro lens and nearly 4hrs Marathon Macro photo shoot i did it today. my next few uploads you can see the BIG world!!
(Photo taken on the outdoors). My Macro/Micro World
Data: Canon 40D, f/8, 1/60, ISO: 100, Lens: reversed 28mm Canon FD, Magnification 2:1, Mode: Manual, Support: none, Flash: built-in @ 1/4 power, Remote: no, Process: Canon Digital Photo Professional, file: 120908EOS 40D0725, Date: September 8, 2012. (Note: Exif data never show f/stops of manual focus lenses with adapters).