Dragonflies and Damselflies

[ISv]

Thanks for that info, Alan.
To me the interesting thing is, and I did this in the past, too:
No matter what sensor,

• was it used with a macro, using all the full area (Mpx) for the head portrait?
• or was it used, as I typically do, to use a tele at MFD to get the whole insect?
  (and sometimes crop in pp)

It was done with Sigma 105mm macro. Image is cropped from 6000x4000 to 1254x1254. Yep, that cropped sensor has a pixel density as Alan says. It's why I'm waiting for Nikon to make a crop sensor camera with the features of Z6 III (20-24MP are good for crop sensor)- as they did with the D500!

 

[ISv]

I tried to attach the original image but despite of 672 Kb CR says "the uploaded image is too big". Unfortunately DxO PL can't downsize. I'm just reducing the quality to decrease the pixel amount (as I always do in order to post here)...

 

[AlanF]

I tried to attach the original image but despite of 672 Kb CR says "the uploaded image is too big". Unfortunately DxO PL can't downsize. I'm just reducing the quality to decrease the pixel amount (as I always do in order to post here)...

You can downsize in the Export page. Click "enable downsizing" and then put in the export size. I can always get 4000px width uploaded.

 

[Maximilian]

I tried to attach the original image but despite of 672 Kb CR says "the uploaded image is too big". Unfortunately DxO PL can't downsize. I'm just reducing the quality to decrease the pixel amount (as I always do in order to post here)...

Strange, as @AlanF pointed out.
I downsample all my pics to 1500x1000, still up to 1.5 Mb big.
Maybe a that's a temporary issue.
Maybe a browser issue -> delete the cookies and temp. data
If it stays, ask the staff...

 

[Click]

Del Paso seems to have the same issue.

Wildflower Photos

Lovely series. Nicely done, Del Paso. Merci beaucoup, Click! :)

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[Maximilian]

Upload test with some green-eyed hawker photos, all 1500x1000.
A download back from the forum didn't show any change in file size or compression.
@AlanF, @ISv, @Click, @Del Paso: it seems to work normal again.

 

[Maximilian]

Upload test with some green-eyed hawker photos, all 1500x1000.

Interesting detail:
This individual seems to have a "fly on the windscreen" incident.
It doesn't look like a deformity during hatching, because it seems to change its shape.

Edit: I've added a second inner red ellipse to highlight more clearly the area that I mean.
@Busted Knuckles: Please let me know if you still ID that area as reflection of the eyelets. Then I have to observe this once more.

 

[Busted Knuckles]

Love the d-flies. they tend to land on the same stick/reed etc. If you can find the babbling brook in the deep woods sometimes you can get the landing spot key lit and that makes a good contrast w/ the dark background.

Thanks for sharing

 

[Busted Knuckles]

the deformity - is actually the reflection of the back of the eyelet. As they tilt their head different eyelets angle of incident/refraction change.

 

[Maximilian]

the deformity - is actually the reflection of the back of the eyelet. As they tilt their head different eyelets angle of incident/refraction change.

Thanks for the idea. I don’t mean the bright reflection, but the area underneath that reflection, in the centre of the red circle. Maybe I did choose the radius too wide.
I did post the 1:1 size eye.
To me it definetly looks like there is something liquid or gel at the surface of the compound eye.
And there is something white, like dust or a worm.

 

[Maximilian]

Some male scarce chaser photos

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, I prefer the second one. Nicely done.

 

[koenkooi]

The damselfly itself is out of focus and not the intended subject, but I do want to post this one here to show the rolling shutter: the dragondamselfly and its shadow have different wing positions!

https://flic.kr/p/2r9usFK

R5II + 100-500L, heavy crop

 

[Click]

Thanks for sharing, koenkooi.

 

[Maximilian]

The damselfly itself is out of focus and not the intended subject, but I do want to post this one here to show the rolling shutter: the dragonfly and its shadow have different wing positions!

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing, koenkooi

 

[Del Paso]

The damselfly itself is out of focus and not the intended subject, but I do want to post this one here to show the rolling shutter: the dragonfly and its shadow have different wing positions!

https://flic.kr/p/2r9usFK

R5II + 100-500L, heavy crop

Very curious, though quite logical.
Thanks for posting!

 

[koenkooi]

It looks like I have at least one damselfly larva in my garden pond this year:

https://flic.kr/p/2r9PGUn

I hope the resident salamanders don't eat it! It's approximately a centimetre long and was about 2 cm below the surface. R5II + RF100L.

 

[AlanF]

We are bereft of dragonflies and I haven't seen a Banded Demoiselle, apart from one presented to me here. Maybe the wagtails are wiping them out.

 

[AlanF]

I did see yesterday a female Common Blue Damselfly.

 

[Del Paso]

We are bereft of dragonflies and I haven't seen a Banded Demoiselle, apart from one presented to me here. Maybe the wagtails are wiping them out.

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Lock them up!