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Full-on White-faced darter

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Posted by Andy Astbury on June 30, 2008 at 1:57 PM
I'm pretty certain I've done around 40 hours on these beasties now - I'm seeing the things in my sleep :biggrin:

One from yesterday - too much wind to keep anything steady unless it was sat on a twig so I'm not deliriously happy with the perch but it'll do at a pinch.

This shot was taken just before I and my gear got drowned in the deluge - the camera performed much better than me after that :biggrin:

D2Xs
180mm macro
ISO 100
1/4 @ f11
5 images processed in CaptureNX and manually stacked in CS3

Thanks for looking as ever folks :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on June 30, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Nice one .
Love the way the legs are folded too !

Looks like its sat at the dinner table ! :biggrin:
JR
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 30, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Lovely composition and proves the saying-it comes to he who waits-cracking image and wonderful technique

Dave :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 30, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Great NH shot Andy. Never knew they had hooks on the bottom of their legs for starters.
It does look to be hanging on for dear life. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Stephen Boyd on June 30, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Andy

Like the different composition with the twig in front, well thought out and excellent image as usual

Stephen
Posted by Edwin kats on June 30, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Good detail. What great macro lenses those Sigma's are. Very nice capture and worth every minute you have spent.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Andy Bate on June 30, 2008 at 4:55 PM
is that a twiglet hes hugging??? nice shot, thats just cost me some more money, macro lens it is then!!!!
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 1, 2008 at 2:55 AM
Different but very nice compositon. I like it a lot.
Posted by PhilH on July 1, 2008 at 5:20 AM
Nice one Andy, a bit close for my taste but superbly executed.... get yourself CombineZM its free and takes the hard work out of stacking (its what I use here at the Mus)

:toast: :toast: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 1, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Great shot!
Wonderful POV and like the "head-on" approach!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel