Oh my gosh!!!!! This is unreal...it is too good to be real..wow!! I just can't believe the detail you got in this shot. Of course I do believe it is real, but honestly it is totally amazing!!

I have to agree with SunriseGirl,I could not say better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great macro capture, Andrea

stunning thing

belle photo

A most fantastic photo, and the colors are so very amazing together, Andrea. This really is a winners-shot!!! I'm deeply impressed!!!

Stunning image, Andrea:) I am impressed! Incredible details and colors! I do love it!! I also want to wish YOU here a great day and a great year ahead! Happy birthday Andrea! I wish you the very best in all. Health in abundance, much joy and lots of creativity as always! Have a great day with all your beloved ones...ENJOY!

... beautiful bug, and I hope that it consumes lots of mosquito larvae ! Your capture with the purple flowers is superb, and the wing texture is amazing... very nice !

The zoom on this is absolutely stunning Andrea - well done to you.

You get some amazing photo's of these beautiful critters.

What a fantastic shot Andrea, i have not seen any this side of blighty yet, Happy birthday to you dear!

What a stunner of a dragonfly! That golden color!! I am very impressed that your smaller camera takes such good macro shots! (Combined with your talent and skill, of course ;)

stunning !!!!!

Amazing colours. An excellent close-up!

Amazing capture Andrea. Happy birthday Andrea. God bless.

Outstanding macro shots of this gorgeous dragonfly ! Awesome catch of it's beautiful colors, intricate details and surrounding area. Amazing in zoom !

A spectacular macro photo Andrea and Tizzy-25 was certainly worth the price. A phenomenal zoom and excellent details too! Happy Birthday my friend and thank you for another year of continuing education about all that lives on Mother Earth. Lots of hugs to you!

Eventually you run out of words. We are supposed to give you presents on your birthday. Instead you gave us this image. A truly extraordinary image. Happy birthday, Andrea. Looking forward to another year of your amazing art.

This is really wonderful and stunning.

Stunning, absolutely stunning; I stumbled onto a hotbed of activity for these last evening on my dogwalk! There was a large rock in the park next to a big hedge of blackberry and willowherb, and the fliers were all sitting in the sun on the warm rock. Of course when I and the dog got near the all flew up in the air and dispersed, but it was wonderful to see!

By Gum lass it be a big beast you almost didn't need the macro and it's lovely and sharp.

Terrific capture of this large fellow, biggest one I think I have seen...:))

btw, happy birthday once more! And this is another whale of a shot of these dragonflies, and this is as spectacular as the last. These two shots are knockouts...and in full-view, they are dazzling. The complexity of the insect body is amazing---all that hair in between the ceramic-like structures. And the gold sheen. And the wings, in this close distance, are truly lattice work. And it's sitting on one of those beautiful primal blooms, with those hairy dark purple buds. Again, in this perspective, the background seems vast, even though it's just a small space. Monumental, a knockout of a shot. When I first saw it, I thought, "what have I been missing!" I'm gonna fav both of these, they're terrific.