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| Eastern Forktail Female |
I have seen several of these. They seem pretty nondescript at first glance.
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| Eastern Forktail Male |
The male is a bit more colorful.
I have been noticing that I have difficulty manual focusing on these creatures from the side. I have found that I look at the hairs on the top of the head because there is more detail there on which to focus. The DOF, depth-of-field, is not deep enough to keep the entire head in focus and I think the near eye needs to be in sharp focus. I must make myself look at the near eye, without much detail, instead of the hair. I have been trying smaller f-stops, too. It is a balance since the smaller one can cause the image to not be sharply focused in appearance, due to refraction. My lens, Sigma 70 - 300 mm, goes to f/27 but I think that I like f/19 better. This all depends on the available light, as I am sure you know. My goal is to have the background darker and the damselfly lit to stand out. I use flash, as I am sure that you can see.
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