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    Demoiselle Flies

    Again As we walked through the the marshlands, I had the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS/USM mounted on the little EOS-M. Spotted these 2 Demoiselle Flies. Although they are not as good as Stan's, I was pleased with the results for the 1st time I took them.


    1/800 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 250 @ 300mm


    1/800 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 640 @ 300mm

    Comments Welcomed

    Tom
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    #2
    Re: Demoiselle Flies

    They are better than my shots, well done Ton it can't be easy taking his sort of picture on the EOSM with such a big lens as the 70-300L

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      #3
      Re: Demoiselle Flies

      Thanks Ian. I cheated and used a monopod for support. What is nice is they the tripod I use has a feature to create a monopod, which I have found very useful on this trip.

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        #4
        Re: Demoiselle Flies

        Ain't cheating at all, I used a monopod few times when photographing the kestrels over the summer.
        Canon 5D3, 7D2, 60D, Canon 70-200L f2.8 IS II, Canon 300 f4L IS, Canon 16-35 f4 L, Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, Canon 1.4 MkIII extender, Sigma AF 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM, Sigma 150-600 Contemporary, Tamron SP AF 70-300 F/4-5.6 Di VC USD, Canon EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS
        https://www.flickr.com/photos/16830751@N03/

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          #5
          Re: Demoiselle Flies

          Thanks Antoeknee

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            #6
            Re: Demoiselle Flies

            They are both dragonflies and what a shame we don't have those over here - lovely colours

            Stan
            Stan - LRPS, CPAGB, BPE2*

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              #7
              Re: Demoiselle Flies

              Thanks Stan. So what is the difference between the two?

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                #8
                Re: Demoiselle Flies

                damselies tend to have longer thin bodies and as rest have their wings folded close to their bodies and dragonflies are usually much broader and rest with wings outstretched although there are always some exceptions

                Stan
                Last edited by Stan; 01-08-2013, 18:11.
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                  #9
                  Re: Demoiselle Flies

                  I particularly like #2 Tom, though it's a shame you didn't have the DOF to capture the whole body in focus. I've certainly never seen one like that.

                  Counsellors
                  Stan, I don't quite understand this. Is Counsellors another name for Damselflies? Or am I missing something?

                  p.s. Tom, tripods & monopods are not cheating - no more than a flash gun is
                  Russell
                  Canon 7D MkII, 550D EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM, EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM, EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro, 300mm f/4L IS USM, Extender EF 1.4x III, Speedlite 600 EX-RT Speedlite 320EX
                  http://www.flickr.com/photos/photorussell

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                    #10
                    Re: Demoiselle Flies

                    That was a mistake - I am replying on a tablet and it decided to change the word as I typed. Now corrected

                    Stan
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                      #11
                      Re: Demoiselle Flies

                      Thanks Stan for the explanation and thanks Russell for the comments.

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