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Ebony Jewelwing

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 14, 201817,605 views3 comments

It seems like it's late in the season for Ebony Jewelwings, because there are only 2 or 3 males hanging around the small, heavily shaded creek that runs behind my house and no females. They also are very skittish. This one finally flew in and landed close enough to get this 8 shot stack, which I've cropped to 73% of full frame. (7D2, 180mm macro L, 1/320 s, f/10, iso 800, tripod)

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on August 14, 2018 at 12:29 PM

Wow, great stacking job. I'm lucky to get one shot of a dragonfly, let alone 8 without movement. Excellent detail and nice frontal look. Works well against the brown background, though I wonder if the lighter brown circles (right of leaf and left of stem) could be changed to match the rest of the background.

Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on August 14, 2018 at 6:14 PM

Great frontal pose for this little guy, Mark. Looks to be keeping an eye on you. The detail of the legs is particularly good. My only nit is that the tip of the leaf is clipped, but since you were using prime glass, I'm guessing you had no more room at the bottom. I think you could easily add that in post though.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on August 23, 2018 at 6:19 AM

Mark ...wondering how you managed to make 8 frames, with that damsel, which could have moved. beautiful frame ..very well done..

Balan Vinod

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