Difficult Frame, Pt. 3 -_TNY_5095
With a maximum working distance of just 10.1 cm the Canon MP-E65mm isn't the best tool for chasing damselflies like this teneral variable bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) as it is both difficult to fit the entire damsel in frame as well as not scaring them away as you have to get so close.
This was taken at 1.5:1 magnification which is why quite a lot of the abdomen is outside the frame. As for why it didn't fly away, it is actually because this one has just crawled out of its larval stage and pumped up its wings and was waiting for them to dry before flying.
Part 1 is taken a little further away (as much as the lens would allow me) and fit the entire animal in fram. This also shows how plasticky the wings appear when they have just hatched: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50147127721/
Part 2 is an intermediate magnification shot at 1.2:1, but also a three exposure focus stack for some additional DoF here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51868280260/
Difficult Frame, Pt. 3 -_TNY_5095
With a maximum working distance of just 10.1 cm the Canon MP-E65mm isn't the best tool for chasing damselflies like this teneral variable bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) as it is both difficult to fit the entire damsel in frame as well as not scaring them away as you have to get so close.
This was taken at 1.5:1 magnification which is why quite a lot of the abdomen is outside the frame. As for why it didn't fly away, it is actually because this one has just crawled out of its larval stage and pumped up its wings and was waiting for them to dry before flying.
Part 1 is taken a little further away (as much as the lens would allow me) and fit the entire animal in fram. This also shows how plasticky the wings appear when they have just hatched: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50147127721/
Part 2 is an intermediate magnification shot at 1.2:1, but also a three exposure focus stack for some additional DoF here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51868280260/