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Damselfly

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Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on June 5, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Damselfly
Thanks for the comments on my last image.

My first post on here for a little while; just finished exams so I should have some more time for getting out with the camera again. Here's one from yesterday. I had gone out with my macro lens in the hope of finding some damselflies as it was fairly cold and there wasn't much wind. While I was setting up for another damselfly, one landed on a grass head in front of me with prey, so I quickly changed subject!

Techs:
Nikon D300s
Tamron 90mm f2.8 Macro
Tripod
F10
1/200s
ISO 800

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by PhilH on June 5, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Nice one Oscar, a teneral Blue Tailed I believe with a rather good meal...I quite like the fact that the grass flowers are partially hiding your subject...

BTW you have a couple of rather larger dust bunnies, bottom just left of centre and lower left hand side... hope the exams went well...

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on June 5, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Thanks for the comments and ID Phil. Hmm, those dust bunnies are a pain. It would seem that they got in when I was trying to remove another one, and I never managed to remove it! :biggrin:

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on June 5, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Nice ! Good to see one with prey too.
Cheers
JR
Posted by Bob Johnson on June 6, 2012 at 2:46 AM
I would give this an A star Oscar and I hope your exams match it :biggrin:

Bob :smile:
Posted by Barry Southon on June 6, 2012 at 3:21 AM
Oscar

Well seen and recorded I have yet to find one enjoying a meal.
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Posted by Neil Burton on June 6, 2012 at 4:00 AM
I had no idea they ate stuff, figured they died too quickly. Brilliant.
Posted by David Sewell on June 6, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Nice one, Oscar. Technically excellent apart from the nit already mentioned.

David
Posted by Graham Goddard on June 6, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Like this Oscar - what was the prey item ?
Posted by Kim Connolly on June 6, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Superb shot Oscar and I hope the exams go as well. :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 6, 2012 at 3:01 PM

Excellent bit of macro, Oscar. I think we would all be very pleased with a shot like this :toast:

Andy... :wavey:
Posted by Matt Cole on June 6, 2012 at 3:13 PM
very well captured Oscar, I love the soft lighting here. A lovely shot.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on June 6, 2012 at 5:35 PM
Thanks for the comments. Graham, I'm afraid I don't know what the prey species is. Someone told me that they thought it was a Robber Fly :confused:

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on June 7, 2012 at 4:14 AM
All been said Oscar this is a great image of a damsel with its prey, not always easy to get shots of. Goes to show how big the prey is in relation to the damselfly. Who needs lions and wildebeest!

Nick. PS Good luck with your exams!

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Posted by Paul Whippey on June 7, 2012 at 5:08 PM
Superb Oscar. The prey looks like a snipe fly perhaps. Very nice capture! :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Haskell on June 14, 2012 at 7:42 PM
Sweet image Oscar.

Ian