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Aug 14, 2007 12:55 |  #1

Emerald Damselfly, Lestes sponsa (female)

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Aug 14, 2007 12:59 |  #2

Lovely shots Lester. Super background in #1 shows of the damselfly great.

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Aug 14, 2007 13:10 |  #3

Super lean shots Lester, they show off her delicate colours.

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Aug 14, 2007 13:13 |  #4

skylab wrote in post #3726593 (external link)
Lovely shots Lester. Super background in #1 shows of the damselfly great.

totally agree with Brian love the color. wish my shot looks like that.

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Aug 14, 2007 13:41 |  #5

Excellent shots lester- what a beautiful damsel- you have really done it justice with both shots.
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Aug 14, 2007 15:54 |  #6

Nice ones Lester. I haven't seen one of these all summer.




  
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Aug 14, 2007 16:33 as a reply to  @ eccles's post |  #7

Lovely shots Lester.

What a beautiful damsel fly.

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Aug 14, 2007 17:56 |  #8

Hi Lester Excellent shots youve really captured the colours and the background really shows her off
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Aug 14, 2007 22:11 |  #9

Beautiful shots. Congratulations.


  
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Aug 14, 2007 23:03 |  #10

I wonder if I will go back to using a flash with macro? There is something to be said about how wonderful natural light photos look. You did a great job with these. Love the soft light.

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Aug 14, 2007 23:10 |  #11

Great images, Very sharp work.

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Aug 15, 2007 07:13 as a reply to  @ Bald Eagle's post |  #12

Hiya Lester,

Excellent series of shots, #1 is my favorite, super colours & BG. I've only seen two Damsels so far this yr. on/around my pond, weird as last yr they were plentiful but then I've this with most Insect life in & around my garden this yr.:confused:

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Aug 15, 2007 12:55 |  #13

Thanks everyone for the kind comments, I was lucky that the lighting was very soft, in fact quite overcast, although this forced me to turn the ISO up a lot it suited the subject. Strong sun or flash just blows these metallic type colours out with specular highlights.

By they way this species seems to be very placid, not problems getting in close with a 100mm macro.

Mark: Yes I have noticed a limited number of some species, the common blues are around and I have seen rather more common reds in proportion. I shoot damsels and dragons at Thursley NNR, this had peat fire last year so that may have effected things. For example I have seen just one Emperor dragon this year, they were dozens last year.

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Aug 16, 2007 06:22 |  #14

#1 terriffic,
#2 would do more justice with a larger image

you did well with both images, sharp, good colour, composition and lighting.

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Aug 16, 2007 13:03 |  #15

Thanks Wayne.

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