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Lord Vetinari

Large red damselfly taking the sun on a sunchair arm
brian V.

tortillatorture

amazing details!! really... i need to get a proper macrolens

mehampson

Great shots -- they really make you think about how much these animals rely on their vision

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments
Mehampson - you just have to watch a damselfly hunting to realise how good their vision is. They will take insects stuck in spiders webs without getting stuck themselves. Although the damselflies I've watched always seem to pick off stationary insects unlike dragonflies which happily take out flying insects.
Brian v.

Mark Edell

Sweet! I can not quite yet get that kind of detail in their eyes yet. I'll catch up one of these days

Lord Vetinari

Mark Edell wrote:

Sweet! I can not quite yet get that kind of detail in their eyes yet. I'll catch up one of these days

Thanks Mark
You really have to focus stack to get this mix of detail and DOF (and be shooting at fairly high mags).

Brian V.

Daver2112

Fantastic images!! I'm always amazed by your work.