Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Dragonflight

 
Some shots from the weekend on some wasted time down the local canal.
 
Dragonfly in flight
ISO1600, 340mm, f/8.0, 1/2000s, noise reduction, cropped
Patience, practice and lots of failed attempts later ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)


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