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Hi Greg,

That does sound really uncomfortable...I hope you have the necessary analgesics, and antibiotics!

The 26th would work, but maybe you'll need more time to feel comfortable sitting?

All best wishes,

Art and Tildy

A few minor adjustments...

After lifting the shadows, and also retrieving some highlight detail, I used Topaz Sharpen AI.
I may have over-sharpened the images, but one can always back off a bit.

I notice that on this site they have to be viewed at 100% to see the difference.

Art

Greg,

I think some people are spamming the site.

Art

Bringing out the color...

Since Martin went on the light side, I went on the dark side, so to speak...

Martin,

What's wrong with your skin color? Somewhat too red maybe?
It seems that the ambient light had a yellow cast to it, so when you set neutrals on the gray squares there would have been a shift to the blue, which may have shifted the overall tones somewhat to the red...

Just a thought.

Art

I don't know what a standard for "looking natural" is when viewing an insect at this high level of magnification, unless you're an entomologist perhaps.

Not sure about the relationship between the dragon fly and the background. Perhaps the background could mimic certain aspects of the dragon fly's wings...

It looks pretty spectaculor lit from the top.