Violet Darters for 26 June 2006

Dalantech

The best 2 from today's outing:

Dalantech

Sorry: I forgot the tech info...

Aperture priority F8, ISO 200, and -2/3 exposure bias.

MT-24 flash with a 4:1 flash ratio and -1 1/3 exposure bias.

No cropping and minor post processing. I'll delete a macro shot before I'll crop it...

Awais Yaqub

these are nice but head in 1st dont look OOf ?

Skippy

Dalantech wrote:

The best 2 from today's outing:

Hi Dalantech......... I am amazed at how many of these Red Dragonflies you have been able to find and jealous they are such a distinct colour.

The first shot is not as clear as the second, I know how hard it is to get a good Clean Macro Shot ....... keep posting........ Skippy (Australia)

Dalantech

Awais Yaqub wrote:

these are nice but head in 1st dont look OOf ?

I think it's just SmugMug's image resizing -I have that shot on a 1900x1200 pixel wide screen monitor and you can see the individual photo sites in his eyes and the hairs on his chin...

Here is a link to the large image -it looks better: http://www.dalantech.smugmug.com/gallery/1590111/2/77893280/Large

Dalantech

Skippy wrote:

Hi Dalantech......... I am amazed at how many of these Red Dragonflies you have been able to find and jealous they are such a distinct colour.

The first shot is not as clear as the second, I know how hard it is to get a good Clean Macro Shot ....... keep posting........ Skippy (Australia)

The area where I shoot use to be loaded with them: about one every 4 meters. Now their numbers are dwindling down and I can count them on 2 hands. I think they pair up with mates and then range out to see if they can find a new place to lay eggs -Violet Darters are very migratory.

As for the shot: I think it's SmugMug's image resizing that hurt that photo. Here is a link to the larger image: http://www.dalantech.smugmug.com/gallery/1590111/2/77893280/Large