Devouring One Another

A female Blue Sprite devouring one of its own in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

A disturbing trend in the heat of the day in this fallen world.

This was taken at the equivalent of 560mm at the minimum focussing distance of a metre.

Cannibalism On The Bay

A damselfly that was still alive but barely in the Kingfisher Lake. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

A female Common Bluetail had her abdomen chewed off at the 1st segment by one of her own. What happened next could just make some sick; after devouring the abdomen, her cannibalistic kin came back for her head. A sad, ugly reality of life in this fallen world.

The damselfly was about a metre (a little over 1 yard) out on the lake and was back-lit by the late morning sun. A 2-stop positive exposure compensation was apparently still not sufficient so some local brightening was needed in post to adequately light up the damselfly.

Damsel In The Garden

Damselfly of the Infuscans Morph gracing the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Taken against some purple flowers in the background. The bokeh looked decent coming from the budget Canon EF-S55-250mm. Keeping as close to the damselfly as the situation permitted and leaving the backdrop a good distance away could also have helped.

In-depth Work

A male Common Bluetail clasping on tightly as his mate laid eggs underwater. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Loving One Another

Blue Sprite Damselflies showing much love for one another in the afternoon heat. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This image exhibited noise level of some 16, and that coming from a full-frame sensor at ISO 1600. The performance of the camera might not have be this bad. This was shot against the light and was a little underexposed. Brightening up in post could’ve resulted in a noise penalty as well.

Smiling Damsel

A damselfly struggling to keep still in the wind. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Depth-of-field of the APSC sized sensor was rather thin at close proximity but seemed to be quite adequate here. I had wanted this frontal view or else a side view might’ve easily kept the whole insect in focus.