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Title: Damsel fly
Post by: Fishtales on July 16, 2011, 11:01:52 PM
Took these over the past couple of days.

Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa)

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Title: Re: Damsel fly
Post by: Guddler on July 17, 2011, 12:31:59 AM
Great photos Sandy, and that must be a right tempting moothfoo for any fish about.
Title: Re: Damsel fly
Post by: Inchlaggan on July 17, 2011, 12:43:25 PM
HDR?
Title: Re: Damsel fly
Post by: Fishtales on July 17, 2011, 12:48:32 PM
Quote from: Inchlaggan on July 17, 2011, 12:43:25 PM
HDR?

No just cropped, sharpened and tweaked a bit in PS for colour balance.
Title: Re: Damsel fly
Post by: Inchlaggan on July 17, 2011, 12:56:54 PM
Excellent however produced.
Title: Re: Damsel fly
Post by: Fishtales on July 29, 2011, 09:38:26 AM
I was going through my Damsel Fly pictures discarding some and nearly deleted this one. It isn't that great a picture but it is of a Blue-tailed Damselfly which makes three different species breeding at my local loch :)

Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans

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Title: Re: Damsel fly
Post by: Wildfisher on July 29, 2011, 09:43:43 AM
Those really are terrific pictures Sandy.
Title: Re: Damsel fly
Post by: alba on July 29, 2011, 10:07:18 AM
Fantastic photos Sandy.
Title: Re: Damsel fly
Post by: Fishtales on July 29, 2011, 11:38:35 AM
Thanks guys.

This is the third species.

Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum

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Title: Re: Damsel fly
Post by: Pearly Invicta on July 29, 2011, 12:51:51 PM
Sandy, the photos are all excellent but that last one is fantastic.
Title: Re: Damsel fly
Post by: Fishtales on July 29, 2011, 01:53:32 PM
The first lot are worked .jpg files done in PS CS, the last one is a RAW file worked in Raw Therapee (http://rawtherapee.com/downloads/list/windows-32bit-stable) and finished in PS CS which has made a big difference to the finished photo :)