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Published: 2006-10-14 13:30:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1019; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 15
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Finally! For those of you that watch my scraps, you would know the background.. I've always kinda wanted to catch a dragonfly mid flight and I had posted me best attempt to date the other day, (a shot of one side on) but I wanted to see the eyes! Ta-da!I had to ride home from work the other day, left at 4ish, didn't get home till about 6:45ish, cause I kept stopping and taking photos, then, I sat by the creek near my house for at least 2/3 of that time stalking this dragonfly.. after sooo many unsuccessful attempts I decided on a new strategy... sit and wait for him to come to me.. It worked!! Twice he hovered just over a meter and a half from me (the close focus distance of my lense, not my macro, not enough reach) and both times I shot like crazy, I got 3 I liked, and I really had no idea which I liked best.. so I blindly chose..
The other two are here and here .
Jezza
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Great shot! I need to try for this....not tried it with digital yet....
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haha i couldn't imagine it with film... i would have had rolls and rolls and rolls of blurry pictures of blue haha..
cheers
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most definately - i think i got one shot out of 3 rolls that came close to being ok...but the dragonfly was too small in the pic....and i had low flash sync as it was only the eos5 body and 540ez flash.....!!
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i dunno when u have seen dragonflies, but they neeever stay still arround here.. haha... but thanks
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lol np it deserves the fave! one almost let me touch its wing; i think tis bcuz theyre so terratorial, and he was guarding his bush!
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thanks heaps... spesh for the fav! the same goes for urself! u have a great capture too!
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Wow! I have seen tons of dragonfly captures on DA, but NEVER one caught in flight like that, so clear and in focus. Awesome job!
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thanks so much for such a kind compliment
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Yaaay! Congratulations!
This is an awesome capture.
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Great catch! The head-on shot is nice too. Congrats on finally getting what you wanted.
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thanks a lot
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such a compliment from someone as talented as yourself
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thanks a lot
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it's worth the wait isn't it?
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well done! ive always wanted to catch a shot of something flying. this is briliant
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thanks so much for the fav and the comment
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thanks so much wil!
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your very welcome
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looks like a 3D render kinda. Nice job jez as always
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haha, i gues that is a good thing
Thanks man much appreciated
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Hey, that's awesome Jez 
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Welcome. I loved the other two shots as well....
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That's spectacular!
For composition, I like the first of the other two you posted on Photobucket, where he's flying almost directly at you and there are some contrasting colours in the background... but this one is definitely the sharpest action shot.
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thanks so much Brenda
It was such a difficult choice, in the end it was between the one you said and this one.. i chose this because you could see the whole body better.. not much of a reason
thanks for ur opinion, i'm glad someone looked at the other pics
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nice capture
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i dont know much about the Sigma 70-300.. I know canon lenses like the back of my hand though
I used a 70-200mm f2.8L, I chose it over my macro because of it's speed, but also its reach, my macro is a 100mm f2.8, so without that extra 90mm it would have looked a lot smaller.. and plus the macro is a lot slower..
I'm glad you like it, catching a dragon fly in flight is something i would never have dreamt of with my old lense, they are just one thing where ur equipment is half the shot
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Very cool! Congrats on the caputure! Good idea waiting on it come to you
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thanks a lot andrew
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