Banded Demoiselles

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Posted by Ian Macdermott on June 15, 2008 at 6:51 PM

Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselles

Yet another first for me and one of the last from my Panasonic as my Nikon 105mm macro lens has arrived. I suspect life will get a bit tough for a while as I go though a learning curve with it.

Taken With: Panasonic DMC-FZ18
Focal Length: 82.8mm (35mm equivalent: 504m
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500)
ISO Equiv.: 320

As usual all comments welcome

Ian

Posted by John Robinson on June 15, 2008 at 7:18 PM

Great shot Ian !. Been chasing these sods around all day. When they are not mating they just don't want to be pickied !!
Good one
Cheers
\JohnR

Posted by Ian Macdermott on June 15, 2008 at 7:24 PM

Cheers John, I was watching them for ages and after a bit of leg work managed to get this shot. I was also amazed at the size of flys they would catch and eat, but did not get any good shots of that

Ian

Posted by Tim Munsey on June 16, 2008 at 3:32 AM

Amazing shot, never seen them at it yet. Interesting POV, side on is more the vogue.
Tim

Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 16, 2008 at 4:05 AM

Nice shot Ian , unusual pov but I like it.

Andy...

Posted by Ian Macdermott on June 16, 2008 at 6:41 AM

The unusual POV was caused by not wanting to fall into the canal

Posted by Jeroen Stel on June 16, 2008 at 6:47 AM

Great how you captured the action going on with this wonderful species.
Would have liked to see them more parallel to the sensor but with this perch that would have been difficult.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Posted by PhilH on June 16, 2008 at 10:51 AM

Very nice and appreciate that you could not get more side on... the DoF from the small sensor camera was on your side here.

Posted by Alan Woolnough on June 16, 2008 at 1:57 PM

Lovely summery feel Ian, and a well detailed shot

Alan