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Postby Big Red on Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:46 am

taken using Pentax FA100/2.8 macro and K100D

sat and waited for this yellow coloured one to land
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laid down and shot upwards towards the sun for this shot...
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and a blue coloured one...
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Postby Oneputt on Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:02 am

Very nice work. These insects can be so hard to capture. :D
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Postby Big Red on Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:12 am

they were extremely active and quick with none of the flying pics working out ... maybe a cold morning would slow them down a bit :lol:
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Postby Travy on Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:21 pm

great macros well done :D
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Postby Greg B on Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:05 pm

Great shots Shane, that first one in particular is as sharp as a very sharp thing. Absolutely stunning.
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Postby Big Red on Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:06 pm

thanks Greg, i was pretty happy with them for hand held shots.
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Postby blacknstormy on Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:17 pm

Nice shots Shane - why do you sound surprised that you can get good shots handheld - you know better, it is all down to technique and knowing your camera :) :)

First two shots are a male Ictinogomphus australis, or Australian Tiger.

The other shot is of a male Orthetrum caledonicum, or the blue skimmer dragonfly :)

Keep it up
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Postby Big Red on Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:25 pm

blacknstormy wrote:Nice shots Shane - why do you sound surprised that you can get good shots handheld - you know better, it is all down to technique and knowing your camera :) :)

First two shots are a male Ictinogomphus australis, or Australian Tiger.

The other shot is of a male Orthetrum caledonicum, or the blue skimmer dragonfly :)

Keep it up
and stay handheld :)
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i'm surprised because i was using small apertures/slow speeds to get all of him in focus.
tried a few flash shots but didn't like the results most times.
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Postby Bindii on Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:39 pm

Wow... first and third are crackers!!

And your not wrong about Jacobs Well being the mozzie capital... they damn near carried me off last night... :)
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Postby Big Red on Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:16 pm

Thanks Bindii ...
have you been hiding out in Jacobs Well ?
just been thinking i haven't seen ya post in a while :shock:
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Postby blacknstormy on Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:31 pm

Sue - that must because you are so sweet :) LOL
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Postby Glen on Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:53 pm

Shane, really impressive images and more so hand held. You must be able to stand like a stone.
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Postby Handlebars on Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:04 am

Awesome dragon fly #1.

My garden is full of the blue ones at the moment...
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Postby zafra52 on Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:43 pm

Nice colour and sharpness in 1 and 3. Well done!
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Postby makario on Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:27 pm

really nice shots. out of curiousity, how long did you have to wait to get the first shot?

I am looking at getting into macro and want to set my frame of mind such that I am not dissapointed early on.

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Postby Big Red on Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:31 pm

thanks for the comments guys 8)

Dragon flies seems to like a lookout over the water so we stuck a couple of sticks in the mud then found they like it better when the stick is only 200-250 mm over the water.

we then went looking for other photo opportunities to give them time to commandeer the sticks.

when we returned i sat and focussed manually on the top end of the stick and waited for 10 minutes or so until they got used to me and started landing on the stick for a second or two.

later on they were staying longer.
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Postby colin_12 on Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:55 am

Ditto on these being great dragonfly shots Shane.
They are hard buggers to catch up with, The sit and wait is all that has ever worked for me as well. :) Just patient some days.
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Postby Bluebell on Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:19 am

Amazing photos, congratulations :D
and thanks for sharing your tips on capturing them too. :D
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Postby Big Red on Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:14 pm

colin_12 wrote:Ditto on these being great dragonfly shots Shane.
They are hard buggers to catch up with, The sit and wait is all that has ever worked for me as well. :) Just patient some days.
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even harder on a hot day ... they seems to dart around much faster :roll:
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Postby Big Red on Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:16 pm

Bluebell wrote:Amazing photos, congratulations :D
and thanks for sharing your tips on capturing them too. :D


sharing is what these forums are all about, glad i could help :D
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Postby Bindii on Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:05 pm

Big Red wrote:Thanks Bindii ...
have you been hiding out in Jacobs Well ?
just been thinking i haven't seen ya post in a while :shock:


Yeah sorry... its been hectic at work and in the lead up to xmas..

but I've just bought a new camera so I am sure that you will all be seeing a lot more of my in the near future.. apologies in advance... ;)
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Postby Big Red on Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:30 am

Bindii wrote:
Big Red wrote:Thanks Bindii ...
have you been hiding out in Jacobs Well ?
just been thinking i haven't seen ya post in a while :shock:


Yeah sorry... its been hectic at work and in the lead up to xmas..

but I've just bought a new camera so I am sure that you will all be seeing a lot more of my in the near future.. apologies in advance... ;)


yeh, just saw your post on the fuji ... at least you will be able to borrow some Nikon lenses as theres plenty of them around here.

[and my Pentaxes will remain safe :wink: ]
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