Getting Lucky - _TNY_7306P2
I got really lucky on an early June visit to Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park.
In the moss near by the pond, I spotted these two who were getting lucky as well.
The species is appropriately named large red damsel (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) and is by far the easiest damsel to correctly identify in Sweden as it's the only red species (the "large" in the English name comes from there being a smaller species in other parts of Europe, including in the UK).
What was a bit unfortunate for me was that I had the Canon MP-E65mm lens on the camera when I found them. Now, it's a wonderful lens, but the one drawback is that it can't focus at *less* than 1:1 magnification so fitting both of these in frame and in focus is physically impossible.
This is where the luck returend though as they stayed very still while getting down to business so I was able to take overlapping shots of them and now join them in Photoshop for a 14646x6277 panorama!
Now if you look really closely, you can see where the veins of the wings don't perfectly line up, but I am ok with that - capturing the entire scene was still better.
Another shot of this couple (mainly the male) can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53773387956/
Getting Lucky - _TNY_7306P2
I got really lucky on an early June visit to Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park.
In the moss near by the pond, I spotted these two who were getting lucky as well.
The species is appropriately named large red damsel (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) and is by far the easiest damsel to correctly identify in Sweden as it's the only red species (the "large" in the English name comes from there being a smaller species in other parts of Europe, including in the UK).
What was a bit unfortunate for me was that I had the Canon MP-E65mm lens on the camera when I found them. Now, it's a wonderful lens, but the one drawback is that it can't focus at *less* than 1:1 magnification so fitting both of these in frame and in focus is physically impossible.
This is where the luck returend though as they stayed very still while getting down to business so I was able to take overlapping shots of them and now join them in Photoshop for a 14646x6277 panorama!
Now if you look really closely, you can see where the veins of the wings don't perfectly line up, but I am ok with that - capturing the entire scene was still better.
Another shot of this couple (mainly the male) can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53773387956/