Dragonfly
Jan 24, 2012 22:27:07 #
Chased this guy while trying to get some of the red ones.... Never did. Too skittish.
Jan 24, 2012 22:40:03 #
Stumptowner wrote:
Chased this guy while trying to get some of the red ones.... Never did. Too skittish.
Dragonflies are quite long, and wide, wingtip to tip. This makes macro DOF quite difficult. Yours is a nice capture.
Here are two views of a Red Skimmer dragonfly.
Hand-held Nikon D5000 at ISO 400, with Nikkor 105-mm macro lens, 1/60-sec at f/22, full sun.
Jan 24, 2012 23:20:25 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Dragonflies are quite long, and wide, wingtip to tip. This makes macro DOF quite difficult. Yours is a nice capture.
Here are two views of a Red Skimmer dragonfly.
Hand-held Nikon D5000 at ISO 400, with Nikkor 105-mm macro lens, 1/60-sec at f/22, full sun.
Stumptowner wrote:
Chased this guy while trying to get some of the red ones.... Never did. Too skittish.
Dragonflies are quite long, and wide, wingtip to tip. This makes macro DOF quite difficult. Yours is a nice capture.
Here are two views of a Red Skimmer dragonfly.
Hand-held Nikon D5000 at ISO 400, with Nikkor 105-mm macro lens, 1/60-sec at f/22, full sun.
I tried to add the technical info as an edit but it was disallowed (waited too long?) My dragonfly was hand-held with a micro-Nikkor 105 f/2.8G 0EV 1600 asa f/13 @ 1/640. VR engaged.
Jan 24, 2012 23:38:35 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Dragonflies are quite long, and wide, wingtip to tip. This makes macro DOF quite difficult. Yours is a nice capture.
Here are two views of a Red Skimmer dragonfly.
Hand-held Nikon D5000 at ISO 400, with Nikkor 105-mm macro lens, 1/60-sec at f/22, full sun.
Stumptowner wrote:
Chased this guy while trying to get some of the red ones.... Never did. Too skittish.
Dragonflies are quite long, and wide, wingtip to tip. This makes macro DOF quite difficult. Yours is a nice capture.
Here are two views of a Red Skimmer dragonfly.
Hand-held Nikon D5000 at ISO 400, with Nikkor 105-mm macro lens, 1/60-sec at f/22, full sun.
Nice images: The sharp focus on the wings contrasted with the background makes the wing detail really stand out.
Jan 25, 2012 11:20:54 #
kylan
Loc: behind you or in your closet
http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-photograph-dragonflies-free-ebook/
jus thought you might be interested it really is a good shot
jus thought you might be interested it really is a good shot
Jan 25, 2012 12:04:40 #
heres one i found drying his wings at Lake Wilderness, in maple valley
Jan 25, 2012 12:19:28 #
kylan wrote:
http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-photograph-dragonflies-free-ebook/
just thought you might be interested it really is a good shot
just thought you might be interested it really is a good shot
Downloaded 18-page booklet! Thank you.
Jan 25, 2012 12:22:18 #
melvin short wrote:
heres one i found drying his wings at Lake Wilderness, in maple valley
This is a close-up photo. Please re-submit with cropping as tight as possible to wings.
Cropped thumbnail as guide
Jan 25, 2012 12:52:59 #
Jan 25, 2012 12:56:10 #
Jan 25, 2012 13:19:53 #
melvin short wrote:
heres a tighter crop
Not too shabby! But you trimmed-off the wing tips. So either crop not quite so tight to show wingtip-to-tip, or crop even tighter to emphasize dragonfly face & body.
Jan 25, 2012 13:31:40 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
. . . or crop even tighter to emphasize dragonfly face & body.
Something like this:
Cropped thumbnail as guide
Jan 26, 2012 10:47:24 #
ok, sorry didnt really think about the macro part, will do better next time
Jan 26, 2012 10:58:21 #
kylan
Loc: behind you or in your closet
Nikonian72 wrote:
Downloaded 18-page booklet! Thank you.
kylan wrote:
http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-photograph-dragonflies-free-ebook/
just thought you might be interested it really is a good shot
just thought you might be interested it really is a good shot
Downloaded 18-page booklet! Thank you.
your welcome
Jan 28, 2012 23:06:04 #
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