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Black-tailed Darter getting born

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on June 11, 2007 at 11:19 AM
Black-tailed Darter getting born
Hi Guys,

Went out this morning to look for Orchids in my favourite nature reserve near my home and stumbled upon this Black-tailed Darter wich was just leaving his Larvae-body.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon 20D
Shutter speed: 1/90 sec
Aperture: F 7,1
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: - 1 2/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: yes
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Ai Focus
ISO: 200
Lens: 150mm F2.8 Macro
Focal length:150 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
Full Frame
Handheld
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Posted by Tim Munsey on June 11, 2007 at 1:06 PM
Oh getting Born! I thought Horn! Hey nice pic, is this taken at Gary's place? Background is so similar. Interesting that the wings are opague to start with, looks like a ghost.
Neat shot.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by gary cox on June 11, 2007 at 1:21 PM
My guess is reeds at about 6 to 8 ft away, gives that background every time !.
Gary
nice capture jeroen
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 11, 2007 at 3:31 PM
Its just great when you do stumble across things like this Jeroen and so nice when it all comes together. Very well done. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Rob Ashton on June 11, 2007 at 4:37 PM
Superb shot Jeroen. I have only seen an emerging once.

Rob :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on June 12, 2007 at 2:45 AM
Hi Guys,

This one was shot at nature reserve De Kievit in Harmelen/The Netherlands right behind my home. I saw the emerging dragon and cut-off the grass he was on and connected it to a 50cm high pole at about 3 meters from a nice marsh-land and just sat down ...waited....and shot every 5 minutes... :wink: :biggrin:
I had witnessed an emerging dragon before from the start, but this one was allready half-way..

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Elliott Neep on June 13, 2007 at 11:30 AM
Perfect depth of field with all the body sharp and the background diffused. So strange to see this white. Looks like a moulted skin! I have seached high and low for emerging draginflies, but no luck... yet. :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Justin on June 14, 2007 at 2:45 PM
Must have been a memorable moment to have witnessed,and to have photographed.
Fine shot. :toast: