Dragonflies and Damselflies
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Great angle. in the first shot! with the four wings, they remind me of helicopters sometimes.
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Also great angles!Some more downy emerald in flight. Better light and lower ISO allowed more detail.
I'm still flashed by the AF performance of the R6m2.
The only thing missing now is a "twig and reed" avoidance/ignoring mode
R6m2, 100-500L@500mm+crop, f/10, 1/2000, ISO2500
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Thanks, Click! The colours come with the sun. The rest is patience
Thanks, Eric! Luck and patience
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The first beautiful demoiselle this year was sitting high up in a tree.
I discovered it purely by accident. And I got a nice unusual angle
R6m2@500mm+cropping
I discovered it purely by accident. And I got a nice unusual angle
R6m2@500mm+cropping
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This seems to be a freshly hatched female black tailed skimmer.
R6m2@500mm+crop
R6m2@500mm+crop
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I managed to get a DIF for the first time in years! Back home I noticed that it was flying the wrong way
R8+100-500L
R8+100-500L
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Like @Maximilian yesterday, I encountered a fresh exuvium today! This was in the middle of a pond, near the stepping stones. I ran into the R7+EF180 having too much 'reach' and the R8+100-400STM not having a short enough MFD.
R7+EF180:
R8+100-400STM:
By resting the sunhood on my knee and the rest of the camera above the water I could do a focus stack with the R7:
Then I realized I could just pick it up and move it to solid land:
R7+EF180:
R8+100-400STM:
By resting the sunhood on my knee and the rest of the camera above the water I could do a focus stack with the R7:
Then I realized I could just pick it up and move it to solid land:
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I saw both of those flying over that pond the day before, so I can’t narrow it down beyond your guesses.
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Nope: it's flying the "right way"! You were on the wrong spotI managed to get a DIF for the first time in years! Back home I noticed that it was flying the wrong way
R8+100-500L
!Great shots of the imagoes (I'm excluding the "wrong way" photo
) in the first series and same for the exuvium in the second!Actually for the exuvium I prize the first photo like the best (like a photo!)! The last 3 are also very, very good and for ID of what you got there they could be excellent in the hands of expert (for the ID)!
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