Male Argia vivida (Vivid Dancer Damselfly) - Olympus E-520 - Zuiko 70-300mm F/4-5.6 ED

            Male Argia vivida (Vivid Dancer Damselfly)
Iversen Cove
Mendocino County, California

This was the first specimen of this species of damselfly I can recall ever seeing.  It landed next to me as I walked up the trail from Iversen Cove.  He must have wanted me to take his picture.  

I used manual focus for this shot.  I set the lens for a close a distance as it would focus and then moved the camera until the subject was in focus.

Everything was relatively still which made this much easier than underwater macro where everything is moving in the surge.

camera: Olympus E-520 DLSR
lens: Zuiko Digital 70-300mm F/4-5.6 ED
filter: Hoya SMC UV
support: hand held
   

Taken in: United States / California / Gallaway (show map)

Taken on: June 2, 2012

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Olympus E-520

Olympus

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Zuiko Digital 70-300mm F/4-5.6 ED

Zuiko 70-300mm F/4-5.6 ED

Zuiko

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F/4-5.6

4/3

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Iversen Cove

Mendocino County

California

Argia vivida

Vivid Dancer

Damselfly

male

blue

black

insect

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Camera: Olympus E-520, f/7.1, 1/320 sec, 300mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-520
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	ACD Systems Digital Imaging
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