Thar be dragons! Dial up warning...

Dalantech

Way too hot to be out shooting -I may switch subjects tomorrow...

Maestro

Very nice captures, but those last two are out of this world!

Lord Vetinari

Excellent series John
Brian V.

Awais Yaqub

These are mind blowing cool just loved this series

Dalantech

Maestro wrote:

Very nice captures, but those last two are out of this world!

Thanks! Still wrestlin' with the lighting when I'm around 3x... :cry

Dalantech

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Excellent series John
Brian V.

Thanks Brian!

Dalantech

Awais Yaqub wrote:

These are mind blowing cool just loved this series

Thanks Awais!

Skippy

Dalantech wrote:

Way too hot to be out shooting -I may switch subjects tomorrow...

Nice work Dalantech, you so lucky you seem to have access to heaps of Dragonflies ... wish it was me mate I tell ya, I look, I drool, I ponder

Well go get 'em while you can I say .... Skippy
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greenplasticdave

Awesome detail in these shots.

How close were you to them? They never want to play with me

Regards

-Dave-

www.mirkwoodcottage.typepad.com/davidjamesphotogaphy

MrParts

Thanks for the nightmares! I'll never sleep again! I'm just gonna have to sleep when I die now.

No really 'thanks'.

Great shots though!

Dalantech

Skippy wrote:

Nice work Dalantech, you so lucky you seem to have access to heaps of Dragonflies ... wish it was me mate I tell ya, I look, I drool, I ponder

Well go get 'em while you can I say .... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy :cool

Lago de'Averno has a bike path around it. The dragons land in the vegetation on either side and I shoot them from the bike path. I'm not gonna tell you that it's easy, but it's better than having to walk through a lot of tall grass or wade through water to get to them

Dalantech

greenplasticdave wrote:

Awesome detail in these shots.

How close were you to them? They never want to play with me

For the portraits about 7cm (2 3/4 inches). It takes a while for me to get that close -I haver to convince the dragon that I'm not a predator, and I have to find one that's feeding and territorial about the perch that they are on. I've been shooting them long enough to know when one will let me get close and when I need to move on and find something else to shoot.

Dragonfly shooting tips.

Dalantech

MrParts wrote:

Thanks for the nightmares! I'll never sleep again! I'm just gonna have to sleep when I die now.

No really 'thanks'.

Great shots though!

30,000 beady little eyes staring at you, just waiting for your eyes to close... :help

Pleasant dreams!