Damselfly portrait

[LCPete]

Hello sorry i haven't posted for ages
anyway Ive wanted to get a close up portrait of a damselfly for ages but never managed it
got lucky this time this little banded demoiselle sat patiently while i faffed around getting a few shots to do a focus stack
Natural light no flash Marumi 200 achromat on my Canon 100mm macro at minimum focus distance handheld

 

[GardenersHelper]

Hand-held; that is difficult to pull off. Well done with that one Pete. Good result. Striking image.

 

[Graham]

Nice shot Pete and a lovely looking damselfly.
How any shots is it ?

 

[LCPete]

Hand-held; that is difficult to pull off. Well done with that one Pete. Good result. Striking image.

Thanks very much Nick
I have tried before using a tripod to do focus stacks but didn't manage to get the focus right I used auto focus to get the first shot then moved my body slightly to get the other parts in focus
I did four shots that's about as much as I can manage I'm not that steady

 

[LCPete]

Nice shot Pete and a lovely looking damselfly.
How any shots is it ?

Thanks very much Graham was really pleased to manage it,
Its four shots just used the healing brush in photoshop to blend them together
I tried to do the same thing again yesterday with blue damselflies but they were too flighty

 

[Andy Johnson]

A million times better than my attempt over the weekend so i'm jealous.

 

[LCPete]

A million times better than my attempt over the weekend so i'm jealous.

Thanks Andy
Keep trying I've tried lots of times before and not managed it
I got lucky and found a damselfly that didn't fly off