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Scarlet Skimmer

The Scarlet Skimmer, also known as crimson darter (sounds pretty superhero-y to me), is a species of dragonfly native to Southeast Asia. I saw plenty of these during my visits to the Singapore Botanic Garden… But not so often do I see one perched from a leaf right next to me.

Picture taken with the Fujifilm X-T1 and the Nikkor MF 55mm f/2.8 Micro lens. Tricky to manual focus on Fuji’s X series cameras, but the X-T1 is more of a breeze compared to the X-Pro1. I rarely used this combination, or mount any manual focus lenses on my Fuji cameras because manual focus can be quite a pain on them. I know that there is now a peak focus feature for the X series cameras, but the noisy outline that confirms focus makes me second guess my focus accuracy instead. I primarily rely on live view to nail manual focus. It takes quite a bit of practice to bring it to pace.

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