Darter dragonfly

Lord Vetinari · July 18, 2009

Darter dragonfly series. All shots natural light/fill flash.
#1 with 40D/sigma 105 all the rest 5D mk2/MPE-65.

Brian v.

100% crop of above

Awais Yaqub · July 18, 2009

Stunning photos and clarity.

Lord Vetinari · July 19, 2009

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Stunning photos and clarity.

Thanks Awais

I was lucky with another very patient dragonfly.
Brian V.

PeterD-2009 · July 19, 2009

Superb series. These are difficult to capture. Love the clarity of the image and the background.

Chrissiebeez_NL · July 19, 2009

jaw dropping! do you sneak up to the little buggers? because most of the time im chasing insects rather than shooting them

Lord Vetinari · July 19, 2009

Thanks peter and Chris for the kind comments

Chris, No I tend to move in slowly watching how the dragonfly reacts and take shots as I get closer. As long as you don't take liberties they seem to get used to you being there and allow you to get pretty close.

Brian v.

IPClark · July 19, 2009

Brian, you're doin' my head in now

.

Nah, seriously mate, you're an inspiration to us all with these simply amazing images.

Cygnus Studios · July 20, 2009

I didn't believe that you could seriously out do yourself, but WOW, these are absolutely amazing.

Lord Vetinari · July 20, 2009

Thanks Ian and CS for the kind comments

Ian - think my new camera body is helping with these.

Brian v.

Jonnyyaya · July 20, 2009

WOW great work love the detail..

Lord Vetinari · July 21, 2009

Jonnyyaya wrote:

WOW great work love the detail..

Thanks

Brian V.

jpc · July 21, 2009

Absolutely rediculous, Brian! You have set quite a benchmark. Question... What did you use for a fill flash?

JP

Lord Vetinari · July 21, 2009

jpc wrote:

Absolutely rediculous, Brian! You have set quite a benchmark. Question... What did you use for a fill flash?

JP

Thanks

Just using my normal 430Ex + diffuser set at -2/3rds FEC. Camera set on -1/3EC

Brian V.

jpc · July 21, 2009

Thanks. Last question: Direct sunlight?

Lord Vetinari · July 22, 2009

Jonnyyaya wrote:

WOW great work love the detail..

Thanks for looking and commenting Jon

Brian V.

Giphsub · July 23, 2009

Holy cow! :jawdrop Those closeups are mind boggling! Great detail, and so sharp!

80weeks · July 24, 2009

Wow! Nothing else to say. Just Wow!

Lord Vetinari · July 24, 2009

Thanks Mike and 80W for looking and commenting

Brian v.

IPClark · July 24, 2009

Brian,

What flash were you using for this and did you reduce output power?

Cheers

Lord Vetinari · July 24, 2009

JPC - yes the dragonfly was in fairly strong direct sunlight.

Ian - using a diffused 430Ex set at -2/3 FEC.
Brian v.

IPClark · July 24, 2009

Cheers Brian.

Darter dragonfly

Comments