I found this poor Dragon Fly on my doormat this morning, blown in or sheltering from the storms of yesterday. He was barely alive, but I put it on a Hydrangea to take a photo, and after a few minutes it flew away…..
I spent quite some time trying to take a good shot of the Vine Leaf Moth larvae, but this was the best I could do. They have very fine hairs on their bodies, which move constantly – the light was poor, and even with a very fast shutter speed there was movement as you can see, and good depth of field was impossible for the same reasons. I should have used some fill in flash. None the less……here it is in all its spots and stripes and colour.
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did you try upping your ISO for the caterpillar..? When the light is bad I can sometimes fudge it by doing that..
Lizzie
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WOW, brillint photos!!! I hope the dragonfly muttered thank you as he flew away.