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The first damselfly (reupload)

Photography Insects posted on Jan 28, 2024
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Originally uploaded here, but that URL became a spam magnet. Admin advised me that the only workarounds were (a) to block comments, which I did a couple of weeks ago), or (b) delete it and reupload, which I'm in the process of doing here. Or, to be more precise, the first damselfly I took a picture of with my cheapo idiotphone using it's macro setting and was amazed by how good the result was. It's a simple crops from the original 4160x3120 photo taken with the built-in camera of a Vivo Y91i (1816) idiotphone. I spotted this beautiful damselfly sitting on a leaf. It would occasionally fly off for a few seconds and then return. It didn't seem concerned as I got closer. "It's a pity I don't have a camera" I thought. But then I remembered that I was the owner of a Vivo Y91i idiotphone, which has the obligatory built-in camera. And the phone wasn't too far away, back in my room, switched off, which is how I prefer it. As I went to get it I thought "The damselfly will probably be gone by the time I get back. And the camera's not going to be any good anyway." To my surprise the damselfly was still there on my return. It perched patiently on the leaf while I moved the idiotphone around within 6" of it. Occasionally it flew off to have a look at what I was doing, but always returned. Focusing was simply a case of tapping the screen, but there was a slight breeze and its perch kept swaying gently making it difficult to tap the right spot. My bad eyesight and big fingers probably didn't help. So I took several photos where something else was in focus but the damselfly was badly out of focus. I think I then got lucky. Photo details: ISO196, 4.52mm, f2.2, 1/100s, no flash) - - - - - - I then wandered around for the rest of the day looking for cooperative subjects... :)

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