Too late for Dragonfest?

Ann McRae

Took this late summer, but only ppd now.





ann

Steve Cavigliano

It's a beauty Ann The orange ones and the black ones are nice, but those dragons with that cobalt blue coloring are my favs. You did a really nice job on this one


So what lenses/cam did you use for this fine capture?


Steve

tmlphoto

Very nice shot Ann.

mereimage

I could never get close to one of those blue guys-they wpuld not light down within 6 feet of me, mavbe I need some Dfly scent sprayNice shot,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Mereimage

gluwater

Excellent! Great angle with a small DOF. It's never too late for Dragonfest.

Ann McRae

Thanks, everyone. He is pretty, isn't he.

This shot was with the 20d, 17 - 85mm lens, on board flash, my garden.
Taken in RAW, converted with a -.6ec but left the wb as shot (tried changing it to flash, but everything went all orange.). Then some curves and some saturation, as I do to almost everything I shoot.
I have had a rotten time chasing dragonflies with the camera. This is my first keeper ever. The little ones are so translucent that the camera cannot focus on them.

ann

Lord Vetinari

Ann McRae wrote:

Thanks, everyone. He is pretty, isn't he.

This shot was with the 20d, 17 - 85mm lens, on board flash, my garden.
Taken in RAW, converted with a -.6ec but left the wb as shot (tried changing it to flash, but everything went all orange.). Then some curves and some saturation, as I do to almost everything I shoot.
I have had a rotten time chasing dragonflies with the camera. This is my first keeper ever. The little ones are so translucent that the camera cannot focus on them.

ann

Wonderfull shot Ann.
Have you tried using manual focus for these type of shots?
I use MF for all my macro shots.
Brian V.

rsi1986

Those little guys are hard to photograph,I've been trying for months. You did a great job with this one.

DRT-Maverick

Even with my 180mm macro lens I found it extremely difficult to capture these little devils. Great job!