Darters

[Stan]

Brownsea has been a dead loss this year for birds and Tuesday as usual although there were a few around, too far away for shots, so concentrated on the dragonflies. Here is a selection of common darter plus one i have not seen for a couple of years, a ruddy darter

All shot with 300 f4 and converter

Stan


common darter female head on by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr


common darter female on fern by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr


common darter male on twig by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr


common darter female on wire by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr


ruddy darter by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr

[DeeGee]

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[MicroWyred]

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Excellent set Stan.

Dave

[tesarver]

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Another excellent set Stan

Tom

[colin C]

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All winners Stan.

[Alan Campbell]

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Cracking shots, I really like the one on the wire as it shows us just how small they are.

Alan

[JaKS_Foto]

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Excellent

[jaymbee1]

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Love the details, well done

[paulr5604]

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Very nice set Stan

[briansquibb]

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Another excellent collection of insects

[EOS_User]

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Hi Stan;

Those are terrific...

I made it across to Brownsea for a day-trip earlier in the year. Plenty of Terns (Common & Sandwich) around - but the only Dragon we saw was a Lesser Emperor - which I was quite happy to see, but no shots regrettably!

Cheers;

Lee

[Les McLean]

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Excellent set Stan, with gorgeous light.

[AndyMackie]

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These are all beautiful as always, Stan!
I'm interested to know how much you crop a close up like these? The detail is still amazing, so I would think not much?
Andy

[Stan]

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thanks guys

I made it across to Brownsea for a day-trip earlier in the year. Plenty of Terns (Common & Sandwich) around - but the only Dragon we saw was a Lesser Emperor - which I was quite happy to see, but no shots regrettably!

I visit Brownsea regularly, as its only 5 miles away, and usually there is a good vairey of waders close by but this year next to nothing near. Yes earlier there were loads of terns but now all the nesting islands have been fenced there is no chance of the "money" shots - the terns with ells about to land with wings and tail feathers outstretched

I'm interested to know how much you crop a close up like these? The detail is still amazing, so I would think not much?

the first two are full frame, the second two, slight crops - here are the original out of camera frames and straight from the computer just for illustration

IMG_9325 - full frame.jpg

IMG_9330 - full frame.jpg

[digiman]

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Cracking shots, I really like the one on the wire as it shows us just how small they are.

Alan

Took the words right out of my mouth!

Garry