Many thanks for your comments.

The adult stonefly of the species Perla submarginata looks like this.

Even if you're on the side

I see you......

Do you have any special problems (and solutions) when shooting through water? What are you using? I avoid reflections on the water surface with transmitted light. As these are living insects, I use flash units for the exposure to avoid motion blur. Any contamination is visible in transmitted light....

Nice images! I'm thinking these look like studio shots, versus "undisturbed subjects in their natural environment" as described for Nature Photography. Is that correct? If so, then we'll move this thread to Technical & Studio. --Rik Please move this thread to Technical & Studio. Thanks, Peter

As an underwater predator, the larva has powerful mandibles.

Perla Marginata inhabits clear, oxygen-rich and gravelly rivers. The development period for the flight-capable Imago takes 3 years.

The larva is in the water so that the fine hairs are visible.

Thank you very much for the comments. I have some pictures of flying dragonflies. But only in this one is the entire body, including the eyes and large parts of the wings, very sharp. This is just luck based on many attempts. My tip for fast-moving objects (dragonflies, birds, wild animals...) is to...

This dragonfly prefers shallow and stagnant waters with a good vegetation as its habitat.

Thank you for the comments and sorry for the late reply.
The irregular beam is an old branch. The splashing water covered it with ice.

Best regards
Peter

Thank you Mark

Once upon an time......No, it was really happened and I like to continue the adventure. Every year when it´s cold and the chance for ice sculptures is high, I leave the cosy warm house. After driving my car to my special "cold water creek" I start the tour through a little gorge. Now I am entering a...

Adalbert wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 03, 2023 1:22 am

very nice

Thank you Adalbert

worm wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 02, 2023 8:33 pm

Great lighting! Howd you pose the adult?

Thank you for your comment. For the answer, please have a look there: www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopi ... ia#p280363

and my post Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:21 pm

Habroleptoides confusa is a common mayfly in the upper region of our river systems in Germany. Here you can see the larva, the last skin of the larva, the subimago, main wing of subimago, imago and male genitals (Stack with 333 pictures, mitutoyo 10x adapted to an olympus 2,8 40-150mm) Habroleptoide...