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e6filmuser
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Two days ago this dragon flew past me as I went about a task in the garden. It was a dull day with rain at times and I did not expect to see this individual again. On the contrary, I had the longest session ever with my camera and a dragonfly.
It settled in two places at about my knee height, allowing me to take a few shots (first single frame image and first stereo).
Then it went to a position, a little above my head height, where it remained on Foxglove fruits for half an hour or more. I had to stand on a garden stool on uneven ground, the resulting wobbles losing many shots. Rain drove me indoors twice. If that was not bad enough, my fill flash batteries emptied after a couple of shots. I have already posted the images from when I returned, with fresh batteries in both flash guns. Here are the earlier ones.
EM-1, manual mode, Kiron 105, f16, twin TTL RC flash, hand-held.
The stereos are crosseye. It is interesting to see that the reflection which seems to be on the surface of the eye, in 3D is clearly deep inside the compound eye.
Harold
It settled in two places at about my knee height, allowing me to take a few shots (first single frame image and first stereo).
Then it went to a position, a little above my head height, where it remained on Foxglove fruits for half an hour or more. I had to stand on a garden stool on uneven ground, the resulting wobbles losing many shots. Rain drove me indoors twice. If that was not bad enough, my fill flash batteries emptied after a couple of shots. I have already posted the images from when I returned, with fresh batteries in both flash guns. Here are the earlier ones.
EM-1, manual mode, Kiron 105, f16, twin TTL RC flash, hand-held.
The stereos are crosseye. It is interesting to see that the reflection which seems to be on the surface of the eye, in 3D is clearly deep inside the compound eye.
Harold
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