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Common Darter

Reference: DR39
Location: Rush Bush Pond, New Forest
Gallery: Dragonflies,

This male Common Darter favoured a particular perch and allowed me to approach closely and to set my tripod up. As the insect wasn’t side on I decided to take lots of images focussing at different points and I was then able to merge these images later in photoshop. This method enables you to shoot at f5 to blur the background and keep your shutter speed up but still retain a front to back sharp insect.