Smile!

[ranchwife]

Finally got a full on face shot of a damsel fly this morning. He even looks like he is smiling.
View attachment 88523
f/4.5
1/400 sec
ISO 100
60 mm macro lens with an EF 12 extension tube
Canon 7D Mark II camera body

 

[JustGuy]

Amazing!!!

 

[KTKT70]

Pretty cool. Reminds me of a art show from a while ago. It was all insect paintings. I will look for the link.

 

[Bankrunner]

I have to echo, that is amazing, amazing !
Love the finite detail and also how it's set in the fading foreground and background.
That fading imagery leaves the setting to the imagination.

 

[P304X4]

Congratulations on an extraordinary shot.

 

[ranchwife]

Same damsel fly a few minutes earlier...
View attachment 88524

 

[dustin ray]

cool thanks for sharing

 

[VHRAM]

Amazing photo !

 

[OPAH]

You should be making some cool cash doing what you do!
You didn't Lure him in with illegal scents did you? sugar water
is considered bait!! LOL

 

[ranchwife]

60 mm shot and no bait used! I wait for them to land on my flowers then shoot them!!

 

[OPAH]

OK Natural Baits are good, No harm No Foul.
But I must say one more time you have an excellent eye and talent

 

[OPAH]

The longest journey starts with one step, Hell in a decade or two we might even be Hunting Buds!

 

[ranchwife]

OK Natural Baits are good, No harm No Foul.
But I must say one more time you have an excellent eye and talent

Thank you. That means a lot. I love macro photography - just wish I knew what to do with my photos. These are just 2 of the hundreds that I have.

 

[OPAH]

I know Nothing about photos except they make Mega money for the right photos.
We just need to find a distributor of your kind of photos, kinda like making water fountains or wind chimes
you find a place where they will show them and you pay a commission when they are sold

 

[ranchwife]

I know Nothing about photos except they make Mega money for the right photos.
We just need to find a distributor of your kind of photos, kinda like making water fountains or wind chimes
you find a place where they will show them and you pay a commission when they are sold

That is definitely what I need. Not too much of that type of thing up in this part of California though.

 

[#1Predator]

Thank you. That means a lot. I love macro photography - just wish I knew what to do with my photos. These are just 2 of the hundreds that I have.

Enter them here:

http://www.cawatchablewildlife.org/photos2016/

I think you may have a winner.

 

[ranchwife]

That is awesome! Thank you for the link. I believe I will enter a photo or two!

 

[Frank X. Morris]

Howdy ranchwife,
Stock photo agency. You can start your own. A book by the title "Sell & Re-sell Your Photos" written by Rohn Engh. It is an old book written in the 80s but might be useful. I would just google "stock photo agency" to get started. One thing he said is "the last thing you want to do is enter photo contests or sell to calendars with your best shots". You lose control of what you can do with that photo. If you don't think you can sell & re-sell a pic then send it in. Hope this helps.

 

[Big Moose]

"My, what big eyes you have" ! Love that first photo. Great photos ! Thanks for sharing.