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First Black Darter of the year

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Posted by Maggie Campbell on September 9, 2010 at 4:32 PM
First Black Darter of the year
One from last Saturday. I know all the Dragonflys were about 3 weeks late this year but these fellows have been exceptionally late. Have been visiting a reknowned site for them for several weeks and none have appeared as yet. Late afternoon we decided to try another site we had got them at last year and only found this one. Hopefully this weekend some more will have arrived but the forecast is not good :frown: May have to go after some Ruddy Darters instead :smile:
D300 150mm f11 1/160s -0.3EV ISO1000 Ian's tripod :biggrin:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on September 9, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Hi Maggie,

I am not the biggest fan of "busy" backgrounds, but in this case it seems to work just fine.
Well done placing this in the center and a lovely shot of this handsome Darter.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by David Taylor on September 9, 2010 at 5:14 PM
Excellent, with a nice hint of enviro. Perhaps have a go at stacking next time. :biggrin: :wink:

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Shaun Simpson on September 9, 2010 at 5:16 PM
Wow never seen one of these Maggie well done :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 9, 2010 at 5:20 PM
Superb, love the detail here and the bg works good here! :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on September 9, 2010 at 5:20 PM
A fine bit of work.The 300 did well at 1000iso. :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on September 9, 2010 at 5:24 PM
Very nice Maggie :toast:



I will bill you for tripod hire later :wink:
Posted by Des Ong on September 9, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Good capture Maggie, I like the natural BG. Not a fan of the crop though I must say but that's more of a personal preference than a crit.

Cheers,

Des :toast: :toast:
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 9, 2010 at 6:27 PM
Nice capture Maggie :smile:
Background doesn't bother me, it's natural so no problem.
Well done.

Geoff.
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on September 9, 2010 at 6:42 PM
Top record shot of this species; I particularly like the fact that the background tells us a bit about the animals ecology.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Barry Southon on September 10, 2010 at 2:34 AM
Maggie

As is every time for me it's natural and a true record. Excellent.
:wink:
Posted by Matt Cole on September 10, 2010 at 4:36 AM
nicely captured Maggie and a nice Darter to photograph. I've seen very few Darters all summer at my local sites.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Andrew Mason on September 10, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Maggie, a very good environmental shot. Andrew
Posted by Simon Litten on September 10, 2010 at 9:32 AM
Top notch - great to see the habitat included. :toast:


Simon
Posted by Karen Summers on September 10, 2010 at 11:56 AM
very nice Maggie have never seen one