Beautiful Demoiselle - female

[Stan]

I have loads of male shots but very few female so was pleased to get a few yesterday at Hillier Gardens

Stan

1/250, f14, ISO 800, 100mm

[Bill53]

Re: Beautiful Demoiselle - female

Lovely detail and composition, excellent shot.

Bill.

[Cyberman]

Re: Beautiful Demoiselle - female

That's a cracking image.

[Stan]

Re: Beautiful Demoiselle - female

Thanks Bill and Andy


This is the same demoiselle but on a wide leaf

Stan

1/200, f9, ISO 400, 100mm

[AndyMulhearn]

Re: Beautiful Demoiselle - female

Very high level of detail there Stan, particularly the hairs on the legs. Very nice.

[tesarver]

Re: Beautiful Demoiselle - female

Very nice detail Stan

Tom

[Stan]

Re: Beautiful Demoiselle - female

thanks Andy and Tom

Stan

[David Stallard]

Re: Beautiful Demoiselle - female

To say you have nailed it would be an understatement, beautiful colours and the focus is bang on, think out of the two I prefer the first one.

as a side note - I always thought they were 'damsel' flies, I have changed my gallery title to 'Demoiselle' instead. Thanks

.DAVID.

[Stan]

Re: Beautiful Demoiselle - female

Thanks for looking David

as a side note - I always thought they were 'damsel' flies, I have changed my gallery title to 'Demoiselle' instead

it is a bit confusing - they are all in fact dragonflies, the order odonata which are divided into two suborders , the first being anisoptera which are the "true" dragonflies with wider bodies such as the darters, hawkers, skimmers etc and zygoptera, which consists of the slender bodied damselflies including the demoiselles.

Stan