Dragonflies and Damselflies

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With that many around I could try to get some more artistic shots. My goal for this photo was to get the shadows projected on the grass to line up with the actual wings, but it didn't quite work out, the MFD of the RF100-500 combined with it being a bog didn't allow for getting into the right spot without much larger rubber boots :)
20210807 0849 57 Nederland Steenwijkerland - Canon EOS R5 - RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM at ...jpeg
 

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AlanF

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Another one in the shade. My wife saw through the kitchen window a dragonfly land in the deep shade of a bay tree in a slight drizzle. It was a Southern Hawker, a huge 70mm long dragonfly. Here is the full length beauty and homing in on its eye at 500mm. Iso 2500, pushed through 3 stops, equivalent to 20k.309A0802-DxO_Southern_Hawker_Dragonfly-ls-sm_small.jpg309A0882-DxO_Southern_Hawker_Dragonfly_Head-2_00x.jpg
 
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Maximilian

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I really like the "metallic effect" for this banded demoiselle.
Me too! Thanks guys.
The most difficult part is to get the right angle where they are really cyan blue and less greenish - especially when you try on them in flight ;)
 
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Maximilian

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Sometimes you can get really close:
Eos R5 + Laowa 15mm Macro @ f/8, Iso1600
Great series, Nemorino.

Especially the first one is fascinating as one is not used to such UWA macros. Seeing the BG that sharp still having the damselfly so close is fantastic.
And the flare is some great artistic effect and not a flaw of the lens ;)
 
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