20080102_3133_1D3-170 Blue Damselfly (Austrolestes colensonis)

Blue Damselfly on flax (Harakeke) leaf.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
suborder Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Austrolestes
Species: Austrolestes colensonis
Common name: Damselfly ( Blue/Green). Maori name is Tiemieme meaning "to lurch up and down". The males do this with their abdomen. also called kekewai

Used a 70-200mm lens with two extension tubes.

A print of this image was awarded an Honours Ribbon at the 2009 Photographic Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) National Competition/Exhibition. TV One News featured this image in the background to the interviews about the National Convention.

It was one of 30 prints touring NZ for nearly two years (2009 - 2010) in the PSNZ National Bank Touring Exhibition.

It was one of the ten prints in the set that gained my Licentiate (LPSNZ) with PSNZ in 2009.
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It was also selected (as a digital file) to represent New Zealand in the 2009 Trans-Tasman competition.

In 2010 it was selected (as a digital image) to represent NZ in the Four Nations competition between Australia, Canada, South Africa and NZ.

Champion C Grade print, Christchurch Photographic Society, 2008
Champion Natural History Print, New Brighton Photographic Club, 2008

Included in the annual PSNZ annual Camera (2013).

I am certain that if I had entered this image in the previous year's NATEX (PSNZ National Competition) it would have received a medal as (IMHO) an inferior damselfly pic got a bronze medal that year.

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Taken in: New Zealand / Canterbury / Christchurch / Parklands (show map)

Taken on: January 2, 2008

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Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark III, f/11.0, 1/100 sec, 170mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens:	EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	170mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.4
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