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Male darter dragonfly on the neighbour's decking. There were two of these around ofteb fighting for dominance of the pond. They obviously survived the recent rainstorms. Natural light shots. Focus stacked using zerene stacker
This male darter is drying its wings while perched on a tree. I had never seen a darter in a tree before – usually they are found sitting on a rock along the lake shore.
All these 7 shots of balloons was taken 1 frame at a time, not set on multi shot, for each one i had to throw the dart 7 times. i know it can be hit of miss but i had more hits than misses, lucky i guess. The shots were taken in my garage as the water can make a bit of a mess. I mounted my nikon SLR with 90mm Tamron lens on a tripod fitted with a cable release, the backdrop was a piece of black velvet to stop the light shining on the background from the flash which was a tripod to the left of the balloon an a projector screen on the other side to throw the light back on the other side.Placed a bowl to catch the water, then all i did was throw the dart and press the cable release and there you have it. TIP: leave water in balloon for at least 3 days to stop the balloon from splitting too quickly
Dart
Bycatch during the Gamakatsu Team Series on the Gold Coast (Paradise Point) on 18th January, 2009. We caught 3 bream between me and my boater, for a total weight of 1.115kg - a poor showing of bream. The bream were quite shy and not very abundant, and we didn't catch nearly as many as we had hoped, so we didn't end anywhere near the top of the scoreboard.
Gear:
Shimano T-curve 702XL Spin
Shimano JDM Twinpower 2500 w/ 2500S spool
Sunline F.C. Rock 2lb
Berkley Powerbait 3" Bass Minnow in galaxia green (1/8oz TT jighead)
Face Off!
Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) newly emerged from it's nymph stage still clinging on to it's former exoskeleton as first it's body elongates followed by the wings which are slowly unfurled and have body fluids pumped into them causing them to expand and then harden suitably enough for flight.......
In spite of living in a city that's not public transit friendly, I'm glad we have the DART.
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