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There you go!

Another damselfly... managed to catch this flying but obviously I didn't get that close!



And a couple of dragonflies:

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Nice capture on the damslefly!!! How many tries did it take for you to get it?

I just counted some 36 shots of that damselfly. Of those, about 5 are 'usably sharp', but this was the only one where it was flying. In the others it had landed on something. I initially started in AF mode, but the foreground grass kept getting in the way and I had to revert to manual.

(edit to fix dragonfly->damselfly)

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Nice stuff, I’m gone have to go hunting and shoot some of those.

They are fun to catch! Its really hard to catch one in flight but it gets easier to get one on something!

WestCoast - You should and then post one up here! I want to see more!

That one you posted could probably make National Geographic.

incredible stuff...I know the subjects lend themselves to photography, so glittery and the colors oh, my gosh...but this little thread is spectacular, I love snooping around here...


patti

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canon 7D, Mark iii 5D, ef 70-300 f/4-5.6, ef 28-135mm canon 100-400mm L IS 4.5, and a little 24-70 L f/2.8...

Who me??? Or popo...???

I would give you the Gold and Popo a Silver ...this time.

Hey thanks man! You really think that it could make the National Geographic??? Even close makes me happy!!!!! Haha! I have always wanted to go and look a picture in N.G. and realize its mine!!!


Thanks for the compliment!!!

Be careful what you wish for, you could get parachuted into the deepest swamps of the Amazon with a compass and a can of Bug spray.

Haha!!! Nice analogy!

hello to all, well i am quite new to cameralabs forum and i have some shots of dragonflies that i would like to post but you see i don't know how i use picasa web album, can anyone give me some advice?
PS: The one flying is wow!

I've managed to capture another shot of the same species I had captured earlier. This time I "only" had my Sigma 150/2.8 with me instead of the Sigma 300/4.0. It's not the best shot, but you can all see how shallow the dof is even at f/5.6



The image is slightly cropped, not more.

The other lesson I learned (again) was how shy these creatures are! It was much easier to shoot with the 300/4.0 from a distance than to get this one with the 150/2.8 (from around 56cm)!

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