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Demoiselle with a passenger

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Posted by Matt Cole on July 2, 2012 at 8:03 AM
Demoiselle with a passenger
I was photographing this male Banded Demoiselle recently when this fly landed on it and casually walked around its wing for a minute or two before flying off. The damselfly didn't even twitch!

Canon 7D with Sigma 150mm lens, f8, 1/125, ISO 400, tripod etc.

All C+C welcomed.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 2, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Outstanding capture Matt, love the whole comp, colours content, superb IQ. :toast: :toast: :toast:

TFS
Steve
Posted by John Robinson on July 2, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Great stuff ! Would even have worked as a vertical !!! :eek: :eek:
JR
Posted by Neil Burton on July 2, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Gorgeous colours and detail.
Posted by Kim Connolly on July 2, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Really stunning Matt, just perfection!! . I took some BD's recently and they didn't look like this without the fly!!!! :biggrin:
Posted by keith mitchell on July 2, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Matt the large image is simply amazing!

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on July 2, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Gorgeous image Matt but the fly has to go!! I guess the BD wasn't too hungry.

Nick. :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey:
Posted by Barry Southon on July 2, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Matt

Just superb, they just don't get any better than this image.

:wink:
Posted by David Sewell on July 2, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Another great one, Matt. Is this an old image or is your 150mm repaired?

David
Posted by Matt Cole on July 2, 2012 at 3:39 PM
thanks for the comments.

Nick, don't worry, I have plenty without the fly :smile:

David, this was taken at the end of May so before my recent lens problems (the lens is now at Sigma and I'm waiting for their quote).

Matt :toast:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on July 4, 2012 at 3:40 AM
Great image - made different by the fly of course - but super details and colours. :toast:

Dave
Posted by PhilH on July 4, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Passenger included, a superb image, they are the 'classiest dressers' of all Damselflies...

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on July 5, 2012 at 7:05 AM
Love the fly Matt - great image.

David :toast: :toast: