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red damsel, butterfly and grasshopper.

 
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Jul 12, 2006 16:45 |  #1

All shot with Canon S3+500D

This red damselfly was shot a few days ago when it was breezy. The poor thing was struggling like mad to hang onto its perch, as I was also struggling to frame it...

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This is I *think* an essex skipper although it could be the more common small skipper. It's a female and they're difficult to identify with certainty. It's resting on pink clover.
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This is a meadow grasshopper. UK species are mostly smaller than those of other countries; this one was about 2 cm long.
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Jul 12, 2006 17:11 |  #2

I like the damsel :D I think focusing on the eye would have been better.


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Jul 12, 2006 17:19 |  #3

I like the light through the Skipper's wings - shame about the strong diagonal in the BG behind it.


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Jul 12, 2006 17:32 |  #4

Thanks guys. @Omri, I understand your point, but it was windy. I focussed on the reed and hoped! :D
@Racketman, yep good point. It's always a compromise isn't it? Lose the blade of grass in the BG and lose the sun through the wing as well. I shot a couple with a more head-on angle and didn't like them.




  
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