Dragonfly - Keeled Skimmer

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And obliging keeled skimmer from a week or so ago.

Posing nicely on some heather
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Keeled Skimmer (Female) – Orthetrum coerulescens. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F4.5 1/1250. Natural Light.

And on the ground
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Keeled Skimmer (Female) – Orthetrum coerulescens. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F5 1/800. Natural Light

where i got closer
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Keeled Skimmer (Female) – Orthetrum coerulescens. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F8 1/60. Fill Flash from Canon MT-24ex Twin Flash.

and closer..
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Keeled Skimmer (Female) – Orthetrum coerulescens. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens at 1:1. ISO 400 F4.5 1/200. Fill Flash from Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash.

and then really close....
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Stack of 4 shots of Keeled Skimmer (Female) head – Orthetrum coerulescens. Taken on Canon 50D with Canon MPE-65mm at 2x Magnification. ISO 400 F11 1/250. Flash from Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash

and no closer...
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Stack of 6 shots of Keeled Skimmer (Female) head – Orthetrum coerulescens (2x Mag). Taken on Canon 50D with Canon MPE-65mm at 2x Magnification. ISO 400 F5.6 1/250. Natural Light.
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Excellent shots. The MPE shots are tremendous. I only wish I'd been able to get a head on shot of my one I posted :). Still, there'll always be another chance.

excellent work Chris.
 
Well they are notorious it seems for not hanging around so well done,I love the shots,real quality to them,and thanks for info on set up and exposures.(y)
 
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