Canon 1DX Canon 100-400L 11 & 1.4TC111, Auto ISO500 -0.3 1/320 sec f11 tripod flat to the ground, upper body in soggy grass and mud, chin almost in a puddle! Hey it's got to be done - first one this year! Well first one I could see still by the exuvia, I did actually see the very first one take it's maiden flight, this prompted me to look further and then I found three. As to be expected they were in the most awkward and probably least photogenic sites in the pond but I was still excited to get my first of the season. I was a little undecided over landscape or portrait in the end went for this one. You can see the teneral is just beginning to get it's colouration. In retrospect I should have gone for f16, I keep forgetting there is a little less DOF on full frame.
All C&C welcome.
Good natural history image Jonathan. Well done for finding both together and photographing them so well. It's never easy to get exactly the spot you want to in these circumstances.
I like the setting and the biology going on here. I think the effort you put into the capture was worth it. Perhaps a little tight on the right, but not a big deal.
Common blue damselfly and exuvia
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