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Mating Black Darters

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Posted by Maggie Campbell on September 15, 2010 at 5:19 PM
Mating Black Darters
One from Saturday. More for a record than anything else. It was blowing a gale and the Darters kept going low for shelter. I had to climb down a bank into the reeds along with the tripod to get this shot so was glad I at least got something. Managed to stay out of the water for a change :biggrin:
D300 150mm f5.6 1/400s -0.3EV ISO 400 Tripod
Posted by Lee fisher on September 15, 2010 at 5:35 PM
Good capture here Maggie, you've captured a great level of detail on the main darter, a shame the focus drops off on the 2nd. Still a good shot though :smile:
Lee
Posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 16, 2010 at 6:45 AM
Nice image Maggie, I like the lush scenery and the detail on the first darter. Shame about the focus on the second one. :wavey:
Posted by Phil Mclean on September 16, 2010 at 7:17 AM
Great detail on the male and always difficult when they drop down into the vegetation like this.Congratulations on staying dry too. :smile:

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Karen Summers on September 16, 2010 at 12:12 PM
It is a shame about the second one but great detail in the first, very nice Maggie
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on September 16, 2010 at 2:32 PM
Nits covered,still good shot thou Maggie,made same mistake myself with f5.6,maybe f8 next time
:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Shaun Simpson on September 16, 2010 at 4:21 PM
Nits covered but still a cracking shot, nice one Maggie :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on September 18, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Stacking for a cracking shot next time.:wink: Still very nice though.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Ian Haskell on September 20, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Nice record of something I havent seen.

Ian