I think you could tickle this award winning bridge a bit more in Photoshop.
The dragonfly technique is as much to do with the camera's abilty to close focus as my ability to sneak up quietly. Being able to put the camera close to the subject without my head behind it is really important. Time of day is important also, best when they are warming up in the morning.
Thank you for your kind comments. Yes the shot was handheld as I had gone without my tripod, and when I saw the results I was quite disappointed, but, nothing ventured, nothing gained as they say, so I did a crop of the image as I thought the (plenty of imagination here) lights could look like stars and the bridge a gate - hence "stargate"
The Bridge is the Gateshead Millennium Bridge across the River Tyne in the north east of England near to where I live, more shots of this bridge to come...
The exposure on this is great, but it looks to me as if it was either hand held or not on a very sturdy tripod. The shake in the longer exposure is very evident. I love the idea of the bridge and wish that you would have focused more on it in your composition. I looked through your portfolio and you have many lovely images... looking forward to your next post.