A work in progress! Hi! My name is Melinda. I am happily married to the love of my life and we have a daughter who is in college. I live in Southern California and I am an amateur photographer. My husband bought me my Kodak P880 for Christmas in 2006. I looked at it and thought I'd never figure it out! I've only taken regular every day snapshots and never looked through the lens in a "creative" way. Then in March 2007 someone introduced me to Renderosity.  In May, I became brave and decided to upload my first photo... I haven't been able to put my camera down since! LOL. I still have a lot to learn, but I sure am having fun doing it. I have come a long way though. This time last year, I couldn't even put a photo on the computer! Now I have started to research DSLR cameras ... Who knows what the future brings! Update: I now have that DSLR :) Was the best Christmas (2008) gift!   I did the research and picked it out and Santa put it under the tree. It's a Canon Rebel Xsi .
May 9, 2014
I have a new DSLR, the Canon 7OD.Ă‚Â A gift from my husband for Mother's Day. So much to explore!
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Comments (24)
ToniDunlap
What an excellent result. Great shot of the dragonfly. Love the image.
toddaking
Hello mister dragonfly, I am waving back...lol... :) Great picture and post work. Todd
trishabadblood
he is wonderful... excellent capture
Artlan59
Great selective color work. I like the wave too. Awesome.
JaneEden
Well the tutorial did some good, because this is so good. He almost looks like a visitor from outer space, with a big smile on his face as he waves hi! - don't you think? Excellent photography!!
virginiese
Well, your color selection is perfect ! It was a good idea to do this to focus the attention on the dragonfly. Maybe you should have selected the flower too. But this is just mu opinion :-) Have a great day Virginie
Chipka
Your attempt at color selection works wonderfully here. I've been fiddling around with it a bit myself and have become addicted to using it; selective coloring opens up so much of an image, as it does here. I am sure that the garage door in the background left alone would have worked well, but I do agree that it's better this way, since your focus is drawn directly to the dragonfly, which IS the center of your focus. It's well captured and I love the wave! The colors you left alone are fantastic!
MrsLubner
A masterful job! I have yet to try this selective coloring but I mean to this weekend. You really have done a marvelous job with this one.
jeroni
excelent
acquilon
amazing shot bravissima
Valentin
Great shot, excellent macro!!
Dianthus
Lovely selection of colour:)
mickuk50
thats twice i`ve seen have a happy hump day what is it lol ..another beauty and excellent macro mick
amlondono
EXCELLENT MACRO ! 5 STARS Ana
Leeco
Nice POV and love the wave, lol. Thanks for sharing. lee
Windworker
Color selection, selective coloring, I have something new to look into. What an intriguing photograph!
kimariehere
wonderful selective coloring and dragon macro capture!!
goodoleboy
It appears Mister Dragonfly enjoys hanging on for dear life from any kind of foliage it comes into contact with. You did a pretty good job depicting the winged insect, with its head, thorax and segmented tail hanging vertically, contrasted against the blurred background.
lizzibell
great capture...
Richardphotos
very beautiful dragonfly and capture
MikelThomas
It´s not easy to get a dragonfly, but I like it.
Vik9740
looks good to me.. i haven't mastered that technique yet!
Hawk23
Veeery cute and a well timed shot!
tizjezzme
Looks like he's just hangin' out eh?? lol Great shot! :))