Back Ache, Pt. 5 - _TNY_9949

My wife have been having some back problems lately so today 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 1.4:1 so even closer than those 101 mm.

 

This particular one had landed on an old wooden table with attached benches so I was able to move closer while sitting down which was a nice change.

 

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53950150254/

 

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

 

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

 

Part 4: (yet another male) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54302707954/

 

Plus another shot of this one here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54516566246/

Done