How about some more bugs Dragonfly?

[dr_zero]

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[wen-tom]

Great pics

I love dragonflies, their colours are amazing

 

[dcg0317]

Nice shots, it looks like a male Green Darner.

 

[dr_zero]

Ty!!

There was a blue one out there also but it would not stay put so I could get it.. arg

Will keep trying though


These were shot with a 70-210 F/4 zoom it is without a doubt my favorite lens.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/70210f4.htm

It focuses down to 3.7 feet at all focal lengths with no need to screw with any special macro ranges. This is exceptional, and makes it the closest focusing telephoto zoom ever made by Nikon except for the special micro lenses.

 

[My2Girls66]

Nice shots. I have that lens. I'll have to play with it more.

 

[dcg0317]

Ty!!

There was a blue one out there also but it would not stay put so I could get it.. arg

Will keep trying though


These were shot with a 70-210 F/4 zoom it is without a doubt my favorite lens.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/70210f4.htm

It focuses down to 3.7 feet at all focal lengths with no need to screw with any special macro ranges. This is exceptional, and makes it the closest focusing telephoto zoom ever made by Nikon except for the special micro lenses.

I use my Canon 300mm f/4 lens alot for shooting dragonflies and Butterflies, it has a mim focuse distance of 4.9 ft which is great on skiddest insects. When shooting dragonflies just sit still in one spot if you see one, if it flies off it will usually come back to the same spot again. Good luck. Here's a couple I shot with my 300mm lens.

Six Spotted Green Tiger Beetle

Chalk-fronted Corporal Dragonfly

Chalk-fronted Corporal Dragonfly

 

[dr_zero]

Nice shots. I have that lens. I'll have to play with it more.

It's a really good lens that gets overlooked IMHO if its not the latest and greatest they are not interested. This lens was the main reason for getting a D50 over the D40 I wanted to be able to use this and my other lenses.

Yeah get out and give it a work out it will love you for it

I use my Canon 300mm f/4 lens alot for shooting dragonflies and Butterflies, it has a mim focuse distance of 4.9 ft which is great on skiddest insects. When shooting dragonflies just sit still in one spot if you see one, if it flies off it will usually come back to the same spot again. Good luck. Here's a couple I shot with my 300mm lens.

Those look great!

Its neat to see what different parts of the country/world have to offer as far as insects and wildlife.

The zoom can be used for all kinds of shots not just far off especially with a focusing range of 4.9ft for the Canon and 3.7ft for the Nikon that is pretty close and then to be able to zoom in to get just the subject you want also.
You can crop the shot with the lens some and get more detail on your subject.

 

[My2Girls66]

It's a really good lens that gets overlooked IMHO if its not the latest and greatest they are not interested. This lens was the main reason for getting a D50 over the D40 I wanted to be able to use this and my other lenses.

Yeah get out and give it a work out it will love you for it

I'll do that. My dad bought it for me used back in the early 90's with an N8008body, SB24flash, 35-75mm lens and a 75-300mm lens. Later, I ended up getting an N80(lighter and had an onboard flash) and now I use it on a D50
I always tended to use the 75-300mmm when I wanted reach because it was longer not realizing the 70-210mm was actually a better lens. I'm learning from all you guys

 

[MarkBarbieri]

 

[Tuffcookie]

Thanks, alot Mark. Now I'm going to have nightmares!!!

TC

 

[dr_zero]

I'll do that. My dad bought it for me used back in the early 90's with an N8008body, SB24flash, 35-75mm lens and a 75-300mm lens. Later, I ended up getting an N80(lighter and had an onboard flash) and now I use it on a D50
I always tended to use the 75-300mmm when I wanted reach because it was longer not realizing the 70-210mm was actually a better lens. I'm learning from all you guys

Cool cool! I got my first 70-210 with a Nikon 2020 body it went everywhere and never failed me. Still use it from time time but mostly a backup now.

 

[dr_zero]

Neat!

How did you get it to stay still?

And

What did you shoot it with?

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Neat!

How did you get it to stay still?

And

What did you shoot it with?

I attracted it by smearing some butter on the lens. I got it to stay still by singing a lullaby. No wait, that's not it. It was dead, so I attracted it by grabbing it with my fingers and the lullaby wasn't necessary.

I used a Canon 100mm macro on the end of a stack of three extension rings (12mm, 20mm, and 36mm) on a Canon 1DM2. I lit it with a 580EXII and 420EX flash. The picture was taken in manual exposure mode (and manual focus) at f/13, 1/100s, ISO 400. The flashes were set up in a 1:2 ratio in E-TTLII mode and were triggered by an ST-E2. They were positioned a couple of inches from the dragonfly just the right and left of the camera. It was cropped from a horizontal to a vertical orientation.

If I wanted to improve the shot, I'd probably try bouncing the flash into a couple of silver umbrellas. This would increase the size of the light source, making the for a smoother light. The silver reflective surface would keep the light from being too diffuse and would preserve "hair" detail.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

My son would like to stress that it was dead when he found it. No dragonflies were killed for this picture.

 

[dr_zero]

My son would like to stress that it was dead when he found it. No dragonflies were killed for this picture.

LOL

No problem there

I have thought about that but just couldnt do it for some reason