Hovering Dragon Mk. 2

Posted by Griffin on Fri Oct 15, 2004 9:02 am

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Yet another attempt to capture a hovering dragonfly. ID too lazy to look up...

Tai Po Kau, Oct-02-2004.

EOS 10D, EF300mm f/2.8 L USM, EF2X II, f/8, ISO400, manual exposure, 550EX ETTL (shoulda use manual flash!), tripod, camera RAW, level/saturation/sharpen using PS7.

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by Bob Boner on Fri Oct 15, 2004 9:10 am

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I'm impressed! These things are hard enough to photograph when they are sitting still. It's a little soft because of the motion and shallow DOF, but still a great catch. Thanks for sharing.

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by Michael Brown on Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:37 pm

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Hey, .................. you're sort of like me!
If I get one in flight, ................ it will always be one showing the butt end!

A little soft, but at least you got the entire dragon in the frame which is something I have a very hard time doing!
Cool shot Griffin, and thanks for posting!!

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by Tom Whelan on Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:06 pm

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Nice capture. I like the blurring from motion and the bright abdomen color. I'd like to see the dragon's face better, though.

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by AForns on Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:13 pm

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Griffin I hope that the next version of PS will have the turn around feature :roll: I could put it to good use!!!!

Remarkable image!!! Got a nice looking bug with great wing position!!! Hope the next is facing the lens!!!!

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by Bruce Sherman on Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:23 pm

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Griffin,
Nice job on a very difficult subject. I hope Alfred's thinking the next PS will have a turnaround function is correct.

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by Stephen C on Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:20 am

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You were able to freeze the body motion very well. As others have noted a little more DOF on the body would have been nice, but the only way to get it would be to use a higher ISO so you could use a smaller f-stop, but then you would have noise problems.

The wings convey a sense of movement, which is nice.

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by Wil Hershberger on Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:50 pm

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Cool. What a great capture. Only wish that it were the front end.
Thanks for posting,

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