Common darter dragonfly closeups

[LordV]

Some closeups of a very cooperative darter dragonfly. One cross-eye stereogram
Brian V.

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[Roy C]

Wow ! those are real close Brian - superb series as always.

[paul190453]

The power of the MPE!! Great work:)

[racketman]

fine detail, they do seem to be the tamest species - I haven't managed to get that close to Migrant Hawkers.

[lungdoc]

Wow, that's close and clear.

[LindaB]

Fantastic!!

[Triptoph]

WOW! Just Wow.

[sebastianr]

Awesome long DOF on these, how do you get it so long?
Aren't DSLR's supposed to suffer from short DOF for macros?

[LordV]

Thanks for the comments all :)

Toby- think you are right although the Hawkers I get in my garden aren't too bad but they do tend to hang up in awkard places.

Sebastien- all these shots are focus stacked using around 3 pics to get greater DOF.

Brian V.

[troypiggo]

Great series.

[Eagle i]

amazing, simply amazing

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian,
Well what can one say eh, Superb, excellent details etc. :D

Cheers for now
Mark

[lcpete]

Superb Brian #5 is really brilliant great smile :D
Pete

[LordV]

Thanks for the kind comments :)
Brian V.

[copout]

Stunning, nothing more to add

[LordV]

Stunning, nothing more to add

Thanks ! :)
Brian V.

[Tobias N]

Fantastic series, really fun to be able to see all the small dust on the flys eyes.

[Lester Wareham]

Fantastic clarity as always. I am guessing from the DOF there is some stacking there?

[LordV]

Thanks Tobias and Lester :)
Lester- you could be right :)

Brian v.

[Bill Pham]

all nice and clear as usual Brian. lovely series.

Bill

[LordV]

all nice and clear as usual Brian. lovely series.

Bill

Thanks Bill :)
Brian V.

[Greg_C]

Wonderful captures Brian.

[neoro]

excellent work !

really like your effort to get the images nicely stacked !

[LordV]

Thanks Greg and neoro :)
Brian V.

[red_fan]

Great shots as always Brian. Can never 'see' the stereograms tho - LOL. Dont know where you get the time and patience to do all your focus stacking - until it all gets automated think I will hold off buying the MPE-65 (as I think I would be disappointed with my results compared to yours)

Stephen

[LordV]

Great shots as always Brian. Can never 'see' the stereograms tho - LOL. Dont know where you get the time and patience to do all your focus stacking - until it all gets automated think I will hold off buying the MPE-65 (as I think I would be disappointed with my results compared to yours)

Stephen

Thanks :) .
pity about the 3-D shots bvut guess only about 50% of the population can freeview these.

Stephen - lots of photogs here use an MPE-65 and do not focus stack. If you are used to using a 1:1 macro lens but feel limited by the magnification then it's worth thinking about the MPE-65.

Brian V.