Black Tailed Skimmer

Dalantech

I finally found one feeding that let me get close -first time in a two seasons shooting at the lake...

All Canon gear: Xti (shutter priority 1/200, ISO 100) + 100mm macro lens + 500D diopter. MT-24EX macro flash set to a 4:1 ratio and -2 FEC.





I changed positions for this one to get the dirt bike path in the background so the wings would stand out.



All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode F16, 1/200, ISO 100) + 100mm macro lens + 500D diopter for about 1.375 times life size. MT-24 macro flash set to a 4:1 ratio and -1/3 FEC.



All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode F16, 1/200, ISO 100) + 62mm of extension tubes+ 100mm macro lens + 500D diopter for about 2.75 times life size. MT-24EX macro flash set to a 4:1 ratio and -1/3 FEC.



After taking those shots Mark Plonsky gave me a few pointers on using the MT-24EX -and also got me to thinking outside the box on how I was placing the flash heads and using ratio control. The next set won't have the flash reflections that the macros in this set have... :wink

Lord Vetinari

Beautiful captures John - what a lovely DF.
Brian V.

Skippy

Dalantech wrote:

I finally found one feeding that let me get close -first time in a two seasons shooting at the lake...

All Canon gear: Xti (shutter priority 1/200, ISO 100) + 100mm macro lens + 500D diopter. MT-24EX macro flash set to a 4:1 ratio and -2 FEC.
I changed positions for this one to get the dirt bike path in the background so the wings would stand out.
All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode F16, 1/200, ISO 100) + 100mm macro lens + 500D diopter for about 1.375 times life size. MT-24 macro flash set to a 4:1 ratio and -1/3 FEC.
All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode F16, 1/200, ISO 100) + 62mm of extension tubes+ 100mm macro lens + 500D diopter for about 2.75 times life size. MT-24EX macro flash set to a 4:1 ratio and -1/3 FEC.
After taking those shots Mark Plonsky gave me a few pointers on using the MT-24EX -and also got me to thinking outside the box on how I was placing the flash heads and using ratio control. The next set won't have the flash reflections that the macros in this set have...

Well done Dalantech, Mark Plonsky is an excellent Photrographer,
how kind of him to help you out we will be looking forward to seeing your next set of Dragons or Damsels ... thanks for sharing
.... Skippy
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Dalantech

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Beautiful captures John - what a lovely DF.
Brian V.

Thanks Brian!

Dalantech

Skippy wrote:

Well done Dalantech, Mark Plonsky is an excellent Photrographer,
how kind of him to help you out we will be looking forward to seeing your next set of Dragons or Damsels ... thanks for sharing
.... Skippy
.

Mark is always saying things like "That's a nice shot, but you could have gotten closer." like he's daring me to do something

tlee

Awesome!

Dalantech

tlee wrote:

Awesome!

Thanks!

leaforte

Could you imagine how cool (or creepy, I suppose) the world would be if we came equipped with a set of eyes like these? Thanks for sharing these shots. #1 is my favorite.

Dalantech

leaforte wrote:

Could you imagine how cool (or creepy, I suppose) the world would be if we came equipped with a set of eyes like these? Thanks for sharing these shots. #1 is my favorite.

Hard to imagine...

Dalantech

Someone on Flickr IDed this one for me. I thought it might not be a black tailed skimmer since they are larger and the tip of the tail is black. But they look so similar I thought this one just wasn't mature...

Awais Yaqub

Another great series !!

Dalantech

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Another great series !!

Thanks!