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May 17, 2011 
A few nice Female images I found:
Female Warrior #12 “Touched by the World”
Image by Christiaan Tonnis
Christiaan Tonnis ~ Female Warrior #12 "Touched by the World", (Greta Garbo is afraid) / 13.6 x 18.5 inches / Pencil and crayon on paper / 1981
Weiblicher Krieger #12 "Ergriffenheit durch die Welt" (Greta Garbo hat Angst)
Female Blue Dasher Dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Image by Thomas Shahan
While wandering about one of my favorite bug-hunting areas, and after an hour or two of unsuccessful attempts at photographing female horseflies, I decided to try my luck with some of the dragons hanging out near a creek. It took a good 10 minutes of chasing this little female Blue Dasher around before she finally found a perch solid enough for her to feel confident on. Once she had a grip on a downed tree limb, I moved in for some higher magnification photos. Like all skimmers she was fairly skittish, fluttering off if I advanced too quickly, but would always would return to her new perch after a few moments.
The image above is an uncropped, full-frame focus stack from 4 photos taken at f/11 with a newly acquired 10 dollar (!) vintage Pentax-M f/2 50mm lens reversed on my extension tubes. The lens is a possible replacement for my battle-worn Pentax-M f/1.7 50mm which has a loose barrel as a result of it being continually reverse mounted. Not sure if this f/2 is as sharp, but I’m not too worried about it. The vignette present in the image is a natural result of me angling the shot so a bit of sky would silhouette her head.
Damselfly, Fragile Forktail – immature female 10-05-07
Image by Vicki’s Nature
Immature females are the prettiest … baby blue with green eyes
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