Helpful Posts: These photos are cropped too much to be quality but I thought they were good enough to enjoy the story.I should have realized the opportunity to get in closer - I did have focal length to spare.
HOW TO CATCH & EAT A DAMSELFLY
Well first, you must always remember to keep your eye on the prize.
Catch it by the head for the quickest kill.
Once incapacitated, toss it back.
And Enjoy!! (Note the insect hanging out the back of its beak)
And THAT, my fine friends, is how it is done!
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16th April 2014, 03:40 PM #1
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How to Eat a Damselfly
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16th April 2014, 03:43 PM #2
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Re: How to Eat a Damselfly
Great series Terri,love them all
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16th April 2014, 03:48 PM #3
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Very nice series with a nice story Terri
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16th April 2014, 04:13 PM #4
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How beautiful Terri...I love shots that tell stories and of course, if you like to live in my world, fairy tales...
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16th April 2014, 05:20 PM #5
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Nice series.
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16th April 2014, 07:11 PM #6
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That's a great series Terri, especially given how spontaneous the shots must have been. Exposure is spot on as well.
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16th April 2014, 07:31 PM #7
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Now that is classic Terri, great series.
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16th April 2014, 07:33 PM #8
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Re: How to Eat a Damselfly
Very nice sequence of photos
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16th April 2014, 08:47 PM #9
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Re: How to Eat a Damselfly
Thanks everyone. All but the last photo are actually part of a burst sequence. It was fun to review them when I got home because I couldn't even see the insect while the shots were taken. I was disappointed though that I lost focus on several of the shots. I've been trying to figure out why I am having such a high rate of unsharp images and I really need to take the time to set up some controlled tests.
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16th April 2014, 10:43 PM #10
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Re: How to Eat a Damselfly
Good set, Terri, well timed.
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16th April 2014, 11:05 PM #11
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Re: How to Eat a Damselfly
A sequence very well told and illustrated.
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17th April 2014, 01:55 AM #12
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Re: How to Eat a Damselfly
Great series! You did a great job of catching each piece of the action.
I'll make sure to keep this in mind next time I get hungry for Damselfly.
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17th April 2014, 02:54 AM #13
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Re: How to Eat a Damselfly
Nice set, Terri. On the last shot you may consider a 4x5 landscape format with the excess cropped from the right side centering the head horizontally.
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17th April 2014, 01:09 PM #14
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Re: How to Eat a Damselfly
Just simply an amazing set. On the focus issue, I wonder if the mechanism was sometimes picking up the foreground vegetation... I guess that would be so if the greenery is sharp in the images where the bird isn't.
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