The Azure & Friends

Mid May and the Damselflies are still not a common site this year.  It would appear that the cold weather has held back nature for 2 weeks or so based on previous years.  On this trip to Blashford Lakes, I only counted 14 on a circuit around the ski lake.  Much lower than normal.

However I did find 3 damselflies in one patch that obligingly posed for some face portraits.  These are all taken with my Canon 760D, Canon MPE-65mm and Canon Twin Macro lights combination.

Here are the damselfly portraits – starting with this Azure Damselfly.

The Damselfly
Canon EOS 760D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
The Damselfly
May I shake your hand
Canon EOS 760D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
May I shake your hand
The Leaf Rider
Canon EOS 760D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
The Leaf Rider
Looking down on you
Canon EOS 760D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Looking down on you
How do
Canon EOS 760D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
How do you do?

The last of it is 2 images stacked in Photoshop CC.

Double Damsel
Canon EOS 760D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Double Damsel

This next one is also an Azure.

Whiskers
Canon EOS 760D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Whiskers
Azure Alure
Canon EOS 760D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Azure Alure
Hi I am Azure
Canon EOS 760D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Hi I am Azure

And finally this one I did not identify – so it either another Azure as it was in the same patch or a Common Blue.

Blue damselfly on leaf
Canon EOS 760D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Blue damselfly on leaf
Trying to hide
Canon EOS 760D (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Trying to hide

 

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