Florida Everglades Dragonfly
Jan 5, 2024 17:44:12 #
Before visiting more remote areas, I spent a day in the Everglades, testing out my new lens on some tricky subjects. I confess to being somewhat impressed by the inexpensive, very light & handy Canon RF100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM.
I took lots of photographs of some wild & weird birdies and beasties, and here's a representative sample of what must be the commonest Dragonfly in the US, good old Pachydiplax longipennis (Blue Darter, Male). Not what I expected in the Everglades, but they seem to show up everywhere these days.
This is a very long-range, highly cropped shot of one just resting for a few seconds from his lunchtime hunting. Handheld (my new favorite wandering lens combo with one of my R5 bodies) at 400mm with a shutter speed of 1/400 sec, f/10, ISO 640.
I took lots of photographs of some wild & weird birdies and beasties, and here's a representative sample of what must be the commonest Dragonfly in the US, good old Pachydiplax longipennis (Blue Darter, Male). Not what I expected in the Everglades, but they seem to show up everywhere these days.
This is a very long-range, highly cropped shot of one just resting for a few seconds from his lunchtime hunting. Handheld (my new favorite wandering lens combo with one of my R5 bodies) at 400mm with a shutter speed of 1/400 sec, f/10, ISO 640.
Jan 5, 2024 18:06:21 #
BB4A wrote:
Before visiting more remote areas, I spent a day i... (show quote)
Whatta capture, with great clarity ⭐⭐🏆⭐⭐
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Jan 6, 2024 07:18:19 #
Jan 6, 2024 07:41:17 #
Very nice shot. Yes, Blue Dashers are a very wide ranging species.
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Jan 6, 2024 09:13:02 #
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Jan 8, 2024 10:38:58 #
joecichjr wrote:
Whatta capture, with great clarity ⭐⭐🏆⭐⭐
Thanks! I'd purposely taken only this longer telephoto lens with me for this trip (part vacation, and a small commission for some Central American lizard and bird pics), as I knew that the tropics would be hot & steamy. I'm a big fan of the weather-sealed L series, "white" lenses, but honestly, with a decent filter on the front I never experienced any moisture issues at all... and I was shooting in hot temperatures and 80-95% humidity, daily.
With this lens costing less than 1/4 of the RF100-500 L, and weighing under 1.5 lbs, I really rate it for high mobility, long distance expeditions for nature "targets of opportunity" shooting. With the minimum 100mm being right in the sweet spot for detailed landscape and general photography with full frame bodies, this is my new general purpose lens for the R5.
Jan 8, 2024 10:44:39 #
docshark wrote:
Very nice shot. Yes, Blue Dashers are a very wide ranging species.
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Thanks, and apologies, I tend to fall back into English English. The Libelluidae dragonfly family are generally known as Dashers in the the US and Darters in the UK.
Jan 8, 2024 10:45:20 #
Jan 8, 2024 15:26:02 #
BB4A wrote:
Thanks, and apologies, I tend to fall back into English English. The Libelluidae dragonfly family are generally known as Dashers in the the US and Darters in the UK.
No apologies necessary. When giving a presentation I sometimes get stuck thinking in Greek/Latin genius and species and blank on English names.
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