Feel free to correct me if I have it wrong but I think I have the species (and gender) right: Males have the irredescent green bodies, females are brown or black with white spots at the wingtips.
The males are much more spectacular but I only got a good look at two and it was windy as hell when the male landed near me so I couldn't get a sharp one. Then I cranked up the ISO to 1600 for a fast shutter speed (I think this was 1/320th) and narrow aperture (f11) for dof. I think I could have gone f16 here as the tail is not as sharp as I'd like. And yes, it is noisy. Still, it's one of the nicer Jewelwings I've gotten: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/female-ebony-jewelwing.html?m=1 Not Mark C. quality but we're working on it. Maybe next weekend I'll head over to Etobicoke Creek again. I know what I have to work on. ;-) Hope you "For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.