I caught a Damsel fly

MichelleL

I don't believe it - but one of these actually stayed still for me!!! I've been trying to capture on of these where it was in focus all along the body. I never realised how hairy this young lady is.

C&C most welcome.

MichelleL

Lord Vetinari

Congrats on a wonderful damselfly capture
Brian V.

MichelleL

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Congrats on a wonderful damselfly capture
Brian V.

Thanks Brian.

Skippy

MichelleL wrote:

I don't believe it - but one of these actually stayed still for me!!! I've been trying to capture on of these where it was in focus all along the body. I never realised how hairy this young lady is.

C&C most welcome.

MichelleL

Good one Michelle :ivar lovely colour too!
I don't see a lot of these, but when I do, they are always in flight,
rarely ever do I see them settle.

The tiny hairs are indeed visible in this shot, well done girl

Really nice shot Michelle .... Skippy
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MichelleL

Thanks Skippy - these are always in flight or the slightest movement and they are off and the few photos that I've tried to take of it have either the head in focus and the body not etc - so to have scored one of the whole thing in focus just blew me away.

job3210

Excellent photo

canon400d

MichelleL wrote:

Thanks Skippy - these are always in flight or the slightest movement and they are off and the few photos that I've tried to take of it have either the head in focus and the body not etc - so to have scored one of the whole thing in focus just blew me away.

What a brilliant shot Michelle.
Cheers
Bob

thegridrunner

very nice.... what lense were you using?

MichelleL

Skippy wrote:

Good one Michelle :ivar lovely colour too!
I don't see a lot of these, but when I do, they are always in flight,
rarely ever do I see them settle.

The tiny hairs are indeed visible in this shot, well done girl

Really nice shot Michelle .... Skippy
.

edit - I had already replied - pressed the wrong button!!

MichelleL

thegridrunner wrote:

very nice.... what lense were you using?

Thanks Job3210 and Bob for your comments.

Patrick - I use the Canon 100mm macro 1:2.8 usm lens. The only lighting used was the natural light. I've just purchased the macro twin MT-24EX lites to go with the lens - just have to learn how to use it.