No, not a new sport due to the amount of winter rain; although that might be an idea!
These were small (10 mm) fast moving insects 'skating' over the surface of a small pond. Well more like a large puddle!
Shooting from the 'shoreline' I couldn't get closer than 3 ft and they never stopped racing around. Much faster than I could focus. So I shot many times, and got virtually all rejects. However, here are a couple of the 'better' images which roughly show the type of creature.
I either need a way to slow them down or speed me up!
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1st April 2014, 06:12 PM #1
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1st April 2014, 06:39 PM #2
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Good shot, Geoff. Well.......blow me down! Both looks like they got their lights turned on at the back, more so on#1.
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1st April 2014, 10:52 PM #3
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A real photographer would have gone in the water!
Just kidding. Nice shots for where you were and the fact they were moving.
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1st April 2014, 10:58 PM #4
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Nice.
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2nd April 2014, 08:00 AM #5
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Well spotted Geoff!
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2nd April 2014, 09:34 AM #6
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Well persevered Geoff. Not often we see these captured.
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2nd April 2014, 09:34 PM #7
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That is what I thought, John. Not perfect photographs, but something of general interest though.
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