Emerging

Because I had never seen the emerging of a damselfly, I decided to search for this phenomenon on a warm and sunny morning. To increase my chances I went to a pool with a lot of Blue-tailed Damselflies. I knew that this species has no particular preference for specific emerging plants, so I just started searching and hoped for the best. After a short time, I found a short pile with a few exuviae on it and a just emerged Blue-tailed Damselfly. And even better, on that very same stalk, I also noticed an on·going emergence. I watched the alienlike spectacle with great interest and of course I photographed a few stages of the process.

Nikon D80 with Sigma 150 mm, iso 200, F 7.1, 1/200 sec on tripod.

Fascinating to see so many exuvia etc in one spot, but for me this image isn't quite working.... perhaps if you had been able to get in closer and concentrate on the upper 2/3rds with the whole within the DoF.....

HTH

Well done on finding your subject and getting the image you were after.
I wonder if cropping a little off the bottom of the frame would be worth trying, to give more emphasis on the main subject.

Yes its always hard when there's more than one thinggoing on. Looks like the one is fully out at the back.
I ahgree a bigger crop and some left side off would help.
Cheers
John

I agree with the above comments, nice interesting capture though!

Cheers,

Lewis.

Lots going on in this image, I agree with Phil re being close to the main subject.

Tony

A very interesting nh shot Sandra, and a difficult shot considering the number of beasties. You have done well here, but do agree with the above comments.

Fran

Just goes to show Sandra what you can find when you really start to look.
Great find but would clone off the bottom knobbly bit to do as mentioned above.

Major