Some Dragonfly shots

megaweb · 14th September 2003

Below is some dragonfly shots taken at the BG on last Sat (13th Sep)

Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 11

Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 16

bigmouse · 15th September 2003

[quote=megaweb]Below is some dragonfly shots taken at the BG on last Sat (13th Sep)

Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 11
Nice series. Nice facial expression from the dragonfly.. Seems like u never as him to smile...

solomon76 · 15th September 2003

HI there me a newbie..
want to find out if the aperature f8 is it possible to take nice macro shots... want to see if getting the S7000 is really worth it...
juz sold off my olympus c4040z

Falcon · 15th September 2003

Great work on the last shot. Always find it difficult to photograph red dragonfly cos they are very rare and hyperactive.

bigmouse · 15th September 2003

Originally Posted by Falcon

Great work on the last shot. Always find it difficult to photograph red dragonfly cos they are very rare and hyperactive.

I have sighted giant dragonfly before at BG. The size is about 2-3 times normal ones. These are like fighter jets...even more difficult and rare to capture.

Check this out:
http://www.nfi.org.za/inverts/BIG12/dragonfly.html

14th September 2003	#1
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15th September 2003	#2
bigmouse Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: spore Posts: 609	[quote=megaweb]Below is some dragonfly shots taken at the BG on last Sat (13th Sep) Shutter speed: 1/125 sec Aperture: 11 Nice series. Nice facial expression from the dragonfly.. Seems like u never as him to smile...

15th September 2003	#3
solomon76 Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 631	HI there me a newbie.. want to find out if the aperature f8 is it possible to take nice macro shots... want to see if getting the S7000 is really worth it... juz sold off my olympus c4040z

15th September 2003	#4
Falcon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,869	Great work on the last shot. Always find it difficult to photograph red dragonfly cos they are very rare and hyperactive.