Damselflies

[LordV]

Some recent damselfly shots.Last shot is focus stacked from 3 pics
Brian V.

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[Leorooster]

Very nice shots. :) I saw some mating damselflies last Sunday, but was not able to fit them all in the frame because all I have with me was the MPE65 :(

[racketman]

beautiful exposure/detail, especially like the full shot ie #1
Completely irrelevant but watched some Canada geese kill a duckling on the pond at work today - mother Tufted duck unable to defend. Never seen that behaviour before, most distressing ; its not as though they were even squabbling over food.Oh well, she has eight more chicks.

[LordV]

beautiful exposure/detail, especially like the full shot ie #1
Completely irrelevant but watched some Canada geese kill a duckling on the pond at work today - mother Tufted duck unable to defend. Never seen that behaviour before, most distressing ; its not as though they were even squabbling over food.Oh well, she has eight more chicks.

Thanks RM,
Odd behaviour of the geese. :( . I've seen ducks attacking an injured adult and also seen pike taking ducklings (just disappears in a swirl of water).
Brian V.

[BiBis]

Odd Bug, Very Great Pics :)

[mospin]

Love the last one, you sure got real close from what it looks like to get that great of a detail.

[dpastern]

Lovely series Brian, my fave is the 2nd last shot, the coloured background bokeh just really suits the colours of the damselfy.

Dave

[AirBrontosaurus]

Excellent as always. I'm still flabberghasted by your complete lack of noise. Looks like I have some homework to do.

[LordV]

Lovely series Brian, my fave is the 2nd last shot, the coloured background bokeh just really suits the colours of the damselfy.

Dave
Thanks Dave- that shot was a bit of luck the damesl fly was sitting on a spar of a sunshade so I got an odd angle and an interesting background :)
Brian V.

[LordV]

Thanks Mospin, I'd guess the damsel was about 7cms from the front of the lens in that last shot
Brian V.

[dpastern]

Thanks Dave- that shot was a bit of luck the damesl fly was sitting on a spar of a sunshade so I got an odd angle and an interesting background :)
Brian V.

There's no such thing as luck Brian - your images are down to hard work and learning to anticipate the insects. You cannot simply keep getting outstanding images by luck only - one here or there yes, but not consistent high quality images.

Dave

[LordV]

Excellent as always. I'm still flabberghasted by your complete lack of noise. Looks like I have some homework to do.
AB hadn't really thought about the noise bit although I dislike pic noise intensely. The first 3 shots are all 300D ISO400 natural light. One thought is that I never use the save for web options so my reduced size pics are still high quality (100%) jpgs.
Brian V.

[Lester Wareham]

Fantastic sharpness and detail Brian.

[Bama]

another excellent series.

yes, it has got to to with the hands that hold the camera and the eyes that sees the image...in this you're the master.

regards
bama

[Phreddie]

Another excellent series. I can only echo the praise above.

[photobitz]

Wowzers. Having a hard time picking a favorite. I think it's the last one though - looks like it's giving you evils.
Very nice.

[Mediasoldier]

Excellent shots Brian, inspirational to say the least. (You just had to one-up me lol).

Great series, I look forward to more! (My friends are really impressed with your stuff aswell, I showed them a few other threads).

[LordV]

Thanks for the comments/compliments :)
Mediasoldier- sorry about the coincidental posting- entirely accidental I think ;)
Brian V.