And another Common Darter

Bit of a more 'species-indicative' shot than ARDs'

I was hoping to photograph Goldcrests yesterday afternoon, there's a few of them in a mixed wood just a few miles away. After two hours of playing a very one sided game of hide 'n seek resulting in a 4Gb card full of nothing, and a shutter so underused it was begining to heal up - I came accross a few of these little ladies sunning themselves along the edge of the road at the side of the wood.

Not what I was intending, but certainly a few keepers from the encounter

Really into Dragons now - I can't get enough of 'em

Many thanks to PhilH and Phillip T for the Steve Brooks book recomendation - great book and really interesting to read too

Techs
D2Xs + Sig 180mm
ISO 200
1/250th @ f8 (2 shot stack)

PP in CapOne Pro + CS3

Thanks for looking

PS - should point out this is a 2 shot stack in CS3 to get the DoF

I agree, dragonflies make excellent subjects. It's a shame they're only around for half the year though! I like this picture, although a slightly shallower dof may have helped isolate it a it more.

Cheers,

Dan.

Nice capture Andy
John
Aberdeen

Great clarity-the stacked shots work well here

Dave

Really nice,I like the depth of this,great colour and super sharp..

Stu.

Very nice Andy.... (Steve Brookes is a colleague ).... interesting you combined two exposures for DoF... google 'CombineZM' its the program Alan uses and that I use for our high macro work.... it is a super piece of prgramming by Mr Hadley and free to boot....

Love it Andy. Nowt more I can say really Very good work

Excellent shot and totally agree with Steve Brook's book being an excellent choice.

Lovely looking photo. Could leave with more uncoloured background, but that's just me being picky.

Cheers,
Marko

Lovely shot Andy, really like it. I shall have to look into getting that book, sounds good.

Best wishes

Paul H
Guernsey

A very clear and uncluttered image here. Well framed in the surroundings too.

Thanks for the feedback folks - much appreciated