Some shots from the weekend on some wasted time down the local canal.
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| Dragonfly in flight ISO1600, 340mm, f/8.0, 1/2000s, noise reduction, cropped Patience, practice and lots of failed attempts later ... |
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| Dragonfly in flight with sunlit reed background ISO1000, 400mm, f/8.0, 1/2000s, noise reduction, cropped A bit of aperture to increase DoF, plenty of shutter speed, pre-focussing on a spot and quick fire shutter release. |
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| Dragonfly with hiding spider ISO400, 400mm, f/5.6, 1/400s, noise reduction, cropped Didn't notice the spider until it was in Lightroom! Amazing colours and details - love nature photography. |
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| Dragonfly laying eggs ISO640, 400mm, f/5.6, 1/320s, cropped More patience .. waiting for her to land, then a nice bonus .. she starts laying eggs in the water in front of me. |
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| Dragonfly Lavae with adult dragonfly starting to emerge from it's back ISO1600, 400mm, f/5.6, 1/400s, noise reduction, cropped Full circle .. a lavae climbs out of the water, attaches to the reeds and an adult dragonfly starts bursting out of the thorax. |
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| Token Kingfisher photo! ISO320, 400mm, f/5.6, 1/400s, cropped Swift grab from a distance of the local kingfisher feasting on the canal goldfish (canal was infected by some idiot releasing them) |