Dragonflys and damselflys 2023

Taken from my post over in chat - tea rooms. Subject, moving to mirrorless.
"The picture of the bee was taken with my R7 and my new Canon RF 100-500 lens. I use Lightroom now to "Process" my images in a basic way. In other words, I import the picture, use the new denoise feature and crop the image to a size I like and hope you like it too. I then use the "Auto" function to set up all the levels etc. I have to tweak the sliders to get my finished photo. I use the slide and hope method as I have no idea of what the all do. I use the denoise feature as the R7's sensor is not that good in lower light conditions. I used to use Topaz Denoise AI and moved to Photo AI but stopped when Adobe introduced the denoise feature in Lightroom. I have a lot to learn yet. Youtube has been a great start to my photo adventure."

Hope this helps Mr Kes. :-)
Ed

The hardest part of photographing this extremely patient dragonfly was to find it and get it in frame. It was a tiny target against a very cluttered background.

I normally get a subject in frame by lining up the top of the camera's hot shoe with the top of the Sigma lens's hood, leaving about a half inch gap. Problem - it only works for objects several tens of yards away. Not a tiny dragonfly 15 feet away. Light conditions were overcast but bright. Can't win them all.

Lovely photos Angus. Is that a Common Darter?

I have no idea, Ed.

My dragonfly recognition skills are worse than my bird recognition skills.

Err, one of these, whatever it is.

Back out in the garden today.  Managed to snap this lovely dragonfly.  I think it is a "Ruddy Darter".  If not, hopefully someone will identify it. 

Regards to you all. Ed

Yes that is a ruddy darter. Nice photo. Thanks for sharing 

Sorry I never saw this response. I would like to use lightroom. Probably isn’t cheap to buy. At the moment I don’t do any editing on my photos. Would like to get into it.

it’s been quiet on the dragonfly front. Fairly sure this is a common darter. But could be wrong.