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. A gift from my husband for Mother's Day. So much to explore!
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Comments (25)
MOSKETON
GENIAL AMIGO, HARE PRUEBAS COM MI REBEL 550D Y MI 90 MM DE OLYMPUS. ME ENCANTA.
Osper
Whoa, great closeup!!!!!
puffle_huff
I absolutely hate insects, but there's something quite nice about this photograph.
bmac62
The stuff of nightmares...only kidding. This is great and puts us seeing eye to eye with your dragonfly...wow.
DreamHalation
Wow Melinda, This is fantastic! I love Blue and the Green Darners the most, all dragonflies fascinate me. I have a slight case of camera envy, my Cannon PowerShot A 630 just doesn't cut the mustard. I like how you describe how you take your shots! Have a great time at Newport Beach tonight, hope you're taking a camera!
fredster66
Absolutely amazing.
Faemike55
Melinda, you've done a fantastic job with this close-up. though it appears that he needs to shave, he's got a heck of a 5 O'Clock Shadow going on there. Have fun at Newport!
Xlars
wow, fantastic macro closeup .. Excellent shot
GBCalls
Super close up!
goodoleboy
Although the weirdest dragonfly I've ever seen, this is an amazing macro, Melinda. It seems a bit startled in this shot.
CaressingTheDark
This is super work Melinda.
claude19
SPLENDID close-up...portrait of an alien ?(smiles)
whaleman
Quite a creature — amazing shot!
Mousson
fantastic macro !!!
jmb007
superbe portrait!
flora-crassella
fantastic!!!!!
angelafair
This is absolutely FANTASTIC! get him to shave next time before his big shoot! lol! Great image!
unstart
Wow..interesting macro!!
redchilicat
Excellent detail!
Alex_Antonov
Very well done!
tennesseecowgirl
Incredible shot... Lots of dragon flies in the gallery lately must be that time of year. lol I've taken some but never posted them..
Richardphotos
excellent macro.can not get closer
Chipka
What a stunning, absolutely gorgeous job you did with this. I also find that cropping rather than zooming works wonders! I really admire the clarity of this and the intense details you've captured. Dragonflies are such gorgeous creatures, but their faces are often very hard to discern--they always look like grinning helicopters to me and so seeing this really puts that grinning helicopter expression they commonly wear into a fresh, new perspective. This is a gorgeous shot, and this is one of the many reasons why I love insects. You just don't get beauty like this outside of the insect world. You get beauty, absolutely, but not like this and this is amazing!
danapommet
Fantastic detail in this macro capture and even more so in zoom mode. Dana.
wonderworld
SO Cooool!!!! Love that eye!!