I couldn't believe my eyes...

Lord Vetinari

...When I saw this demoiselle damselfly flying around my pond at lunchtime today. This is one thing I certainly didn't expect to find in the garden (AFAIK they only breed in running water).

brian V.



2 shot panorama

MichelleL

:jawdrop what a beautiful damsel fly - amazing detail in the wings.

Is this series of photos 'stacked'? If so, you must be very quick as these beautiful creatures don't sit still for long.

Beautiful series Brian.

Lord Vetinari

MichelleL wrote:

:jawdrop what a beautiful damsel fly - amazing detail in the wings.

Is this series of photos 'stacked'? If so, you must be very quick as these beautiful creatures don't sit still for long.

Beautiful series Brian.

Thanks Michelle - yes there is some focus stacking in all the shots- done by hand. I tend to take a very quick sequence of shots at different focus points when doing things like this- always starting with the head in clean focus and then trying for the other parts of the body if they appear to be slightly oof in the viewfinder.
Oddly I went into the back garden to shoot some azure damselflies but found this instead- a bit hard to miss

Brian V.

Jack'll do

What an outstanding series Brian. The wing detail is incredible. This is truly a magnificent creature deservedly captured by the master! bow

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

...When I saw this demoiselle damselfly flying around my pond at lunchtime today. This is one thing I certainly didn't expect to find in the garden (AFAIK they only breed in running water).

brian V.

2 shot panorama

Brian it's gorgeous, those Wings iiiiiii-Yi-Yiiiiiii :eek1
The detail in those wings is just amazing.

You still amaze me with what you find
Awesome ! .... Skippy
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DaddyO

Outstanding shots. thumb

This one must be in the peacock line. Michael

Arvan

That thing is peeeerty!!

The buglife here in sweden is just dull... And if you happen to find something 60mm is way to short anyway

coscorrosa

Beautiful! Amazing detail, the last one is probably my favorite (best background). It seems like whenever I go out to shoot X, Y comes along instead, and many times, Y is more interesting anyway

david-low

I'm dumb founded by your amazing shots


:ivar :ivar :ivar

GOLDENORFE

great series brian
love all.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

canon400d

GOLDENORFE wrote:

great series brian
love all.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

This is always the same. Well done.
Bob

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for looking and commenting everybody - much appreciated.

Ron - I don't normally go out in the garden with anything specific in mind to photograph, but this time I did go out with the aim of getting some of the common blue/green damsel shots but found this instead- a very pleasant suprise especially as this was on my to do list

Brian v.

macro junkie

lovey shots

Paul Iddon

Beautiful wing detail Brian.


Paul

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the kind comments Scott and Paul - much appreciated

Brian V.

lisap

Your photographs really make me look at insects in a whole different light. This is so beautiful!! The detail is amazing.

-- Lisa P.

Lord Vetinari

lisap wrote:

Your photographs really make me look at insects in a whole different light. This is so beautiful!! The detail is amazing.

-- Lisa P.

Thanks Lisa - many "bugs" turn out to very interesting under a macro lens - even some flies
Brian V.