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Calopteryx splendens Females & Males
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Calopteryx splendens Females & Males
These Banded Demoiselles were shot among stinging nettles and other (ca waist high) wild vegetation in bright overcast, windy conditions. All images have been cropped for composition. They are from two sessions at f5.6 ISO 400 and f10 ISO 800, respectively.
EM-1 (aperture priority), Olympus 4/3 ED 70-300mm at 300mm, daylight, hand-held, AF used.
First the females.
Then the males. The dark band of pigment across the wings, leaving the tip and most of the basal half clear, gives the species its common name.
Harold
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Thanks.
Harold
Brian V.
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Thanks, Brian.
Some of the eyes are a bit soft. I find AF more tricky to use than MF.
Harold
So why use AF ?
Brian v.
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Just what I am asking myself. In theory, it gets the subject in reasonable focus, which you can then fine tune. In practice, the lens tries my patience while it 'hunts' and the fine focus is fiddly.
I like the images the lens produces and its light weight. I will probably use it manually most of the time.
Harold