Some more shots of large red damselflies from the garden.

Brian V.

Superb shots Brian. all are excellent but the most, is n4.

Brian, super series....
The detail in the last pic is just amazing.

TFS

Thanks for looking and commenting Remy and TFS
Brian V.

All great Brian, but #3 is my favorite of the set - it's a winner.

super shots esp no 4

Beautiful set. This species has such fantastic colors, perfectly captured

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.

Superb Brian, have yet to see any round here yet.

Adrian

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.

great brian, last 2 my favs.
just seen first reds here today,every thing seems week or two behind here.
phil

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.

All excellent Brian as usual....but I love No.4...beautiful comp...

Karen

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.

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?

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.

Fantastic macro shots, beautiful work

- Joe

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

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.

Wow, these´re great!

Well done, Brian!

j.ankapaa wrote:
Wow, these´re great!

Well done, Brian!

Thanks Jukka - certain you will better these

Brian V.

Brian, Superb Shots all. The Variety you share here is mind boggling

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

Brian V.