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Another macro, this time with a 'naked' Pentax DFA 100mm F2.8 macro lens only, no fancy attachments! Manual flashgun and home-made softbox provide the light.

Uploaded23/06/2014 - 20:58

CategoryMacro

BodyPENTAX K-3

Shutter Speed1/160

Aperturef/18

LensN/A

ISO200

Focal Length100mm

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Tagsdamselfly common blue male back garden k-3 flashgun softbox

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Date Taken	23/06/2014 - 18:06
Make	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
Model	PENTAX K-3
Program Mode	Manual
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/160
Aperture	f/18
ISO	200
Focal Length	100mm
Lens	N/A

helzmo helzmo

1 posts
13 years

Posted 23/06/2014 - 22:22 Link

I've never seen a damselfly from this POV, what a happy face they have. Amazing

dcweather dcweather

1204 posts
16 years
Laindon,Essex

Posted 23/06/2014 - 22:42 Link

Fantastic detail but I'm not surprised! It's difficult not to humanise their faces - would make a great set of cartoon characters.

tyronet2000 tyronet2000

4862 posts
15 years
Northumberland

Posted 24/06/2014 - 08:39 Link

dcweather wrote:
Fantastic detail but I'm not surprised! It's difficult not to humanise their faces - would make a great set of cartoon characters.

Regards
Stan

PPG

trixie trixie

97 posts
15 years
Sheffield

Posted 24/06/2014 - 08:41 Link

Wonderful never seen a blue big before. I love it.

Trixie

graysummers graysummers

5 posts
12 years

Posted 24/06/2014 - 09:45 Link

Just great all round. A picture which makes you smile, whilst admiring the technical.

"The Latent Image that exists before development is a truly mystical and exciting entity and some subsequent individual photographs can make the spine tingle."

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