Name: Roelof de Hoog
Picture title: Blue Beauty Morning
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: IT engineer

Roelof:
‘Damselflies like running water, so early one summer’s morning I headed to a brook to see what I could find. After a while I came across two males warming themselves up. They were in the ideal position for a picture that I had in mind – facing each other with a nice, uncluttered background. I used a wide aperture to create some attractive bokeh behind the insects – it made them look as though they were spot lit. Accurate focusing is crucial in a shot like this, so I took two pictures with different focal points and blended then together so that both damselflies were sharp.’

Technical information:
Canon EOS 6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
ISO 1000
f/2.8
1/320sec
Post processing: Basic adjustments in Lightroom and blending of the two photos in Photoshop

Website: roelofdehoog.com
Instagram: roelofdehoog