Back Ache, Pt. 4 - _TNY_9976

Back in late August (of 2024), my wife was having some back problems, so one day we took the car for a trip about 60 km north to the town of Åkerberga to see someone about it.

 

Everything seem to have worked out for her, but while she was getting "adjusted", I spent some time at the Näsuddens Nature Reserve, trying to entice dragonflies to stay still enough for me to get some photos with the MP-E65mm lens. Now the maximum (not minimum!) focusing distance of this lens is 101 mm / 4" which means I have to get real close to them - any further away and they are out of focus.

 

And let me tell you, if the MFD had been just 105 mm or so, I would have gotten so many more shots - they kept flying off just about every time right before I got them in focus. But only just - there were still a couple of them that stayed put enough for me to take their portrait. Like this male common darter (Sympetrum striolatum) which is actually shot at 1.8:1 so even closer than those 101 mm.

 

Part 1 (of a different male) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53950150254/

 

Part 2 (of a female) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53963199952/

 

Part 3 (yet another male) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53966349836/

Done