Some more shots of large red damselflies from the garden.
Brian V.
May 10, 2008 at 07:08 AM
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Superb shots Brian. all are excellent but the most, is n4.
May 10, 2008 at 07:34 AM
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Brian, super series....
The detail in the last pic is just amazing.
TFS
May 10, 2008 at 12:11 PM
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Thanks for looking and commenting Remy and TFS
Brian V.
May 10, 2008 at 02:28 PM
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All great Brian, but #3 is my favorite of the set - it's a winner.
May 10, 2008 at 06:56 PM
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super shots esp no 4
May 10, 2008 at 08:26 PM
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Beautiful set. This species has such fantastic colors, perfectly captured
May 10, 2008 at 09:07 PM
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Thanks for looking and commenting coder, michael and Amy
They are rather beautifully coloured. Haven't managed to capture on of the two blues I've seen - these reds obviously hatch earlier.
Brian V.
May 11, 2008 at 05:27 AM
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Superb Brian, have yet to see any round here yet.
Adrian
May 11, 2008 at 11:50 AM
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Adrian Jones wrote:
Superb Brian, have yet to see any round here yet.
Adrian
Thanks Adrian - just starting to see the blue damsels now
Brian V.
May 11, 2008 at 05:47 PM
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great brian, last 2 my favs.
just seen first reds here today,every thing seems week or two behind here.
phil
May 11, 2008 at 07:08 PM
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Lovely series Brian- I really like the fourth one. Too bad the white petals in the first 2 are kind of blown out. It's probably just about impossible to get the bug and the bright white petals.
May 12, 2008 at 12:21 AM
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All excellent Brian as usual....but I love No.4...beautiful comp...
Karen
May 12, 2008 at 04:17 AM
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Thanks for looking and commenting Phil, Preston and karen - much appreciated.
Preston - you are right about the first two- I almost didn't bother taking the shots but decided to see if I could get reasonable exposure on the damselfly at least - suppose I should have tried doing an HDR on it
Brian V.
May 12, 2008 at 06:29 AM
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Well done Brian!
Damsels are emerging here as well, but they are a very common variety (a pale blue). Are these damsels living in your pond Brian? I know you have it stocked but I wonder if it's big enough to support a few nymphs?
May 12, 2008 at 11:24 AM
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Dalantech wrote:
Well done Brian!
Damsels are emerging here as well, but they are a very common variety (a pale blue). Are these damsels living in your pond Brian? I know you have it stocked but I wonder if it's big enough to support a few nymphs?
Thanks John
AFAIK yes some do breed in my pond- I've just been taking pics of them laying eggs in my pond but both neighbours also have garden ponds so not sure whose pond they are coming from. Certainly last year I caught some azure damselfly nymphs coming out of my pond which was a suprise. I didn't think anything like that would survive with my koi in there.
I've only seen one blue damsel so far- they emerge a bit later than the reds.
Brian V.
May 12, 2008 at 11:39 AM
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Fantastic macro shots, beautiful work
- Joe
May 12, 2008 at 02:28 PM
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Fantastic
I got a few of these at the weekend, but none as good as you as i kept nearly falling into the pond!!!
I found the red ones less likly to fly away than the blues.
What kit were you using on the last shot?
Julian
May 12, 2008 at 02:52 PM
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Thanks for looking and commenting Joe and Julian - much appreciated
Julian - yes know what you mean- I was nearly doing that today when photographing these laying eggs - at one point there was a splash and I looked up to see my flash diffuser floating away . Last shot was 40D/MPE-65/430Ex flash.
Brian V.
May 12, 2008 at 03:18 PM
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Wow, these´re great!
Well done, Brian!
May 13, 2008 at 08:41 AM
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j.ankapaa wrote:
Wow, these´re great!
Well done, Brian!
Thanks Jukka - certain you will better these
Brian V.
May 13, 2008 at 01:49 PM
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Brian, Superb Shots all. The Variety you share here is mind boggling
May 13, 2008 at 02:02 PM
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Rampai65 wrote:
Brian, Superb Shots all. The Variety you share here is mind boggling
Thanks Rampai for the kind comments. All found in my garden
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