Dragonfly

tmlphoto

Placed the lightsphere II at 45 degrees left. Notice the highlights in the eyes. Seems to work well, but you have to bump the FEC up in the 3+ range.


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bfjr

these are great as have been you previous posts
Question please
I need to get some out in the wild any tips/tricks.
I tried following a few around miday but to no avail they never seem to light at all or only a spilit second.
Any good times when there are stiller, I did try early AM but did not see a one

tmlphoto

bfjr wrote:

these are great as have been you previous posts
Question please
I need to get some out in the wild any tips/tricks.
I tried following a few around miday but to no avail they never seem to light at all or only a spilit second.
Any good times when there are stiller, I did try early AM but did not see a one

I'm not sure what the best time of day is to catch them sitting. The ones around here seem to light fairly often. If you can find where they are perching, they will often come back to the same spot after flying around a bit. You might try waiting for them to return to their perch. We seem to have a ton of these guys around this year. Good luck Dragon hunting!

Khaos

Nice! I like the use of a different angle for the flash. Very cool set.

tmlphoto

Khaos wrote:

Nice! I like the use of a different angle for the flash. Very cool set.

Thanks Khaos, and thanks for looking.

ginger_55

Great photos, Thomas!

Is that how you relax?

Nature is interesting, isn't it. How is a dragonfly's social life. Ben, you are supposed to get to "know" your subject........their habits and stuff. Amazing how "human" everything seems to be.

(And whatever lighting you used, Thomas, funny, I just read about it on Lee's thread re doing a wedding.)

ginger

Rufio220

Wow those are awsome. there tons of dragon flies by my house but i can never get close enough. Those are really cool.

tmlphoto

ginger_55 wrote:

Great photos, Thomas!

Is that how you relax?

Nature is interesting, isn't it. How is a dragonfly's social life. Ben, you are supposed to get to "know" your subject........their habits and stuff. Amazing how "human" everything seems to be.

(And whatever lighting you used, Thomas, funny, I just read about it on Lee's thread re doing a wedding.)

ginger

Thanks Ginger. Yes, Dragon hunting is one of my relaxation techniques : ). My 5yr old son is really into bugs, so it gives a common goal to go "hunting" for dragons. All of these are in my yard. It is great to be able to photograph something fun while watching out for the kids at the same time. Plus you can shoot them just about any time of the day. Thanks for looking.

tmlphoto

Rufio220 wrote:

Wow those are awsome. there tons of dragon flies by my house but i can never get close enough. Those are really cool.

Thanks Rufio. You should give them a try. It challenging but fun.

davev

Great pics Thomas.

What lens did you use?

dave.

tmlphoto

davev wrote:

Great pics Thomas.

What lens did you use?

dave.

These are all with the Canon 100mm 2.8 macro lens. I highly recommend it. I use it for portraits and macro. Very sharp, light weight and not too expensive (In a relative sort of way) . Thanks for looking.