A Girl and a Cropped Top - _TNY_7726
Here's a shot which came out much better than I dared hoping for.
It's a female beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) which had landed on an old tree trunk which had fallen across the Stenbäcken creek in Tyresta National Park.
They are fairly jittery so most of the time you get sort of close and then raise the camera and they flutter off, but this little lady stayed on her perch while I got my shot. Really happy with the moss in the background - it's always a nicely contrasting texture.
Also, this is slightly edited. The twig pointing up was a bit to long so I cut off a bit in the middle and joined the two parts to have the top of it remain in frame when I cropped the shot a bit tighter.
Another shot of her here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53833397278/
A Girl and a Cropped Top - _TNY_7726
Here's a shot which came out much better than I dared hoping for.
It's a female beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) which had landed on an old tree trunk which had fallen across the Stenbäcken creek in Tyresta National Park.
They are fairly jittery so most of the time you get sort of close and then raise the camera and they flutter off, but this little lady stayed on her perch while I got my shot. Really happy with the moss in the background - it's always a nicely contrasting texture.
Also, this is slightly edited. The twig pointing up was a bit to long so I cut off a bit in the middle and joined the two parts to have the top of it remain in frame when I cropped the shot a bit tighter.
Another shot of her here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53833397278/