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Large Red Damsel

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Posted by Mike Smith on June 11, 2013 at 12:27 PM
Large Red Damsel
One from my little pond - hopefully a bit sharper than the frog :biggrin:

Reverted to the big lens for this....

Oly E-3, 300mm F2.8, iso 200 1/800s at F5, tripod, cropped for presentation from 4:3 to 6:4, OOF cotton grass cloned out

NB the waterboatman are still "sunning" themselves out of the water and I've had had a thought it may be to to elude the native frogs that have also taken up occupation :confused:
Posted by Barry Southon on June 11, 2013 at 12:31 PM
Mike

They don't get much better, just think it would be so much better without the decayed portion of the leaf, albeit its the way it is.

:wink:
Posted by keith mitchell on June 11, 2013 at 2:44 PM
Mike it looks super sharp from head to tail very nice indeed. :wavey:

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Bob Johnson on June 12, 2013 at 10:28 AM
Another sweet shot here Mike. The decay is ok for me as it sort of mimics the damsel but I do find the V in the BG slightly distracting :wink:

Bob :smile:
Posted by Paul Whippey on June 12, 2013 at 6:57 PM
Nits already covered Mike. Superb shot, sharpness bang on. :toast: :toast: :toast: Still very few damselflies about my way :frown: