From this morning...

oeyvind · 1st June 2004

From this morning at AMK Town West Garden

A male Orthetrum sabina sabina (Drury, 1770)

1/400s f/8.0 iso250, -2 FEC (slightly cropped)

Just some leaves...

1/800s f/5.6 iso250, -2 FEC

Sigma 180mm macro with monopod assist

mr_jason · 1st June 2004

I find side profiles or front profiles of dragonflies more attractive. Maybe shooting from different angle would have been slightly better.

This particular species has very nice eyes. The green and black lines on its body looks very nice from the side view too.

Nice contrasty shots and compositions Tim.

oeyvind · 1st June 2004

agree... will have to try again.

Not easy getting clean background... will have to try harder.

y0ngcheng · 1st June 2004

Originally Posted by oeyvind

agree... will have to try again.

Not easy getting clean background... will have to try harder.

yea not easy getting a clean background.
but 2nd shot is nice.. very pure feeling..

Zookeeper · 2nd June 2004

Yup I quite like the 2nd shot too....can imagine a dewdrop falling onto some water below and creating ripples...

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oeyvind Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,552	From this morning... From this morning at AMK Town West Garden A male *Orthetrum sabina sabina* (Drury, 1770) 1/400s f/8.0 iso250, -2 FEC (slightly cropped) Just some leaves... 1/800s f/5.6 iso250, -2 FEC Sigma 180mm macro with monopod assist __________________ flickr Last edited by oeyvind; 1st June 2004 at 01:30 PM.

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oeyvind Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,552	agree... will have to try again. Not easy getting clean background... will have to try harder. __________________ flickr

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mr_jason Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,076	I find side profiles or front profiles of dragonflies more attractive. Maybe shooting from different angle would have been slightly better. This particular species has very nice eyes. The green and black lines on its body looks very nice from the side view too. Nice contrasty shots and compositions Tim.

2nd June 2004	#5
Zookeeper Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 760	Yup I quite like the 2nd shot too....can imagine a dewdrop falling onto some water below and creating ripples...