What do you mean? Mammals can not stay still for such a long time? How and in what way are insects different? Do you catch them drunk after a party? :-) Freedom to share15:10, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I mean that you have to creep up on them in the early morning, before they had the first coffee :-) ... if you do it right they remain motionless without fear. If you're near the mark everything else is simple (click!) --Richard Bartz18:06, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I'm very sorry to oppose (you must not be used to ;) ) but this time I believe 1/4s was too long, resulting in blurry wings, this is obvious when compared to this (though I much prefer the composition and lighting in your pic). Benh06:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
you cannot get this soft lighting with a flashlight, so a slight nail-biter at 6 o'clock in the morning is part of the way, ecpecially when focussing a nervous leaf-tip. --Richard Bartz09:02, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not expert, but I think I get your point. Also, I didn't mean to tell you to use a flash, but to show how much details were lost on the wings. Couldn't you have used bigger aperture to shorten exposure time ? Since you got it from profile, the damselfly may have fit in the focal plane. and with a 40D, you probably can increase ISO to 400 without noticeable noise (?). Benh09:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
ISO 400 doesnt work well with tone value priority - The leaf wasnt straight in the focal plane, so f13 has fit well. I found a version with sharper wings :-)--Richard Bartz10:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]