Common Darter on a Plastic Pipe

I got lucky this morning on the caravan site we were staying on. There's a pond in the middle and the pond had a few Common Darter Dragonflies. I got very close to this one.

K-5iis, Pentax DFA 100mm F2.8 Macro WR

Uploaded29/09/2013 - 19:39

CategoryWildlife / Nature

BodyPENTAX K-5 II s

Shutter Speed1/160

Aperturef/13

LensN/A

ISO200

Focal Length100mm

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Tagsdragonfly common darter pentax k-5 iis

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Date Taken	29/09/2013 - 13:09
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-5 II s
Program Mode	Aperture Priority
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/160
Aperture	f/13
ISO	200
Focal Length	100mm
Lens	N/A

tyronet2000 tyronet2000

4862 posts
15 years
Northumberland

Posted 29/09/2013 - 19:41 Link

Good capture, wish they'd pose for me like that

Regards
Stan

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Ellida Ellida

14 posts
12 years
Lake District UK

Posted 29/09/2013 - 20:23 Link

Wonderful clarity and sharpness.

Graham

puma puma

1563 posts
16 years

Posted 29/09/2013 - 20:29 Link

Ellida wrote:
Wonderful clarity and sharpness.

yes it is great shot

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davidstorm davidstorm

4934 posts
15 years
Sheffield,
England

Posted 29/09/2013 - 21:47 Link

tyronet2000 wrote:
Good capture, wish they'd pose for me like that

Hi Stan

They don't often do this for me either but I'm learning that the trick with photographing wildlife of any kind is to put yourself in the right places, i.e. go where they go. If you can do this they usually come! With Dragonflies they are territorial and have their favourite perches. If you can observe and find out where these are you've cracked it!

Cheers
David

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