[jomike]

Went down to the Blackwater river yesterday during a brief sunny spell and found the Demoiselles were out in force.They are quite skittish but I found the males to be easier to shoot because they have a home perch that they defend and come back to. The females wander around looking for the most attractive male to mate with.

A rather dashing fellow:

And a good looking lady:

Both taken with Nikon D50, Tamron 90mm macro.

Mike

[jenufa]

Great shots well captured

[loz]

nice and sharp.

[Mark Haywood]

Nice shots mate... that looks like a rather good quality lens.

[stevegreen]

Super dooper shots, both of them

[bodoman]

A superb pair of photographs

[Tobers]

Very nice - lovely colours. You did well seeing as how close you were to them.

[icemanonline]

Stunning shots mate.............sharp and the detail is amazing..........nice!

icemanonline

[edwardtickle]

Amazing photos mate!

[johnaalex]

Brilliant work Mike

[U'R'ss]

Yet again some stunning shots

[onefivenine]

Excellent shots Mike, for me the 1st one just has the edge in terms of composition and background. Both lovely captures.

[Mike.P®]

Really are both very very good ... Excellent in fact.

[iGiDK]

Fantastic,

Excellent colour and detail - no.1 is very well framed

[Fozzybear]

Great shots - so detailed!

I tried to photograph some last year and couldn't get that close - I used my Nikon 70-300VR to photograph them and crept up but they flew off when I got close enough for a reasonable shot so had to crop in a bit:

[jomike]

Thanks for the comments all

Fozzy - I tried to get some with my sigma 70-300mm APO today and I managed to get this one full frame, no cropping. It is not quite as sharp as the Tammy 90 though. The bad light today didn't help either, VR might have helped.

Mike

[DamianP]

Very nice!

[Bristol Pete]

Nice work Mike....very nice indeed.