Dragonflies...

[miketuthill]

Yes you're right. We had a dragonfly mating season here a week or so ago but they were tiny and rather unattractive specimens and they didn't sit still for long. It doesn't help that since my vacation started a week ago the sun has shown itself on 1 day.

I dream of getting dragonfly shots like that Frits!

Great job.

Dreaming doesnt help much You´d better go out and practice...
Thanks for your comment.
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Frits Thomsen
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[Frits Thomsen]

As requested by Chris ( Whitetea) here is one picture of the big Aeshna where the body is not parrallel to the branch... it is taken at 300mm (70-300mm APO) so its not so tack-sharp as those taken with the 180mm...



And finally a Sympetrum sanguineum from tuesday...



--
Frits Thomsen
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[JStolar]

These are all beautiful Frits. Thanks for sharing them.

--
Jerry
New Mexico, USA

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[JLK]

Wonderful images, Frits. We've just had a big hatch of dragonflies around us, but they're too busy eating mosquitos to stop and pose (and that's OK by me...)

--
Jim

 

[CJMax]

...as always, and, as always, much appreciated.

Cliff.
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'May the best you've ever seen
Be the worst you'll ever see...'
from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay

 

[white tea]

Frits, I love the last one "Sympetrum sanguineum"!!!
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Best Regards

Chris

 

[Larry Lueck]

Is the 180 a macro lens?

 

[Frits Thomsen]

Is the 180 a macro lens?

Yes, the f3,5/180EX HSM is a true macrolens with 1:1 macro at apprx.42 cm distance.
Frits Thomsen
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[JKP]

Really beautiful, amazing!

What kind of lighting did you use? Some sort of macro flash?
-jkp-

 

[Frits Thomsen]

Really beautiful, amazing!

What kind of lighting did you use? Some sort of macro flash?
-jkp-

Nope.... just natural sunlight around 17 o´clock in the afternoon
Thanks for watching
--
Frits Thomsen
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[BarrytheB]

I always look forward to your summer dragonflies Frits, well done.
--
Barry Byrd
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[Zone8]

.... nice shots of Dragonflies are far more acceptable than ...

.... nice shots of Flagon Dries .... 'cos how then could he quench that ginormous thirst?
--
Zone8

The photograph isolates and perpetuates a moment of time: an important and revealing moment, or an unimportant and meaningless one, depending upon the photographer's understanding of his subject and mastery of his process. -Edward Weston

 

[Geoff_R]

.... nice shots of Dragonflies are far more acceptable than ...

.... nice shots of Flagon Dries .... 'cos how then could he
quench that ginormous thirst?

First of hang he who let flagon dry then......no sorry cant do this the thought of the cask being empty is making feel ill Hang on a minute "ginormous thirst" me never not when Shaz is about anyways Better have me tea me thinks and go and stretch me legs
regards
--
Geoff Roughton

'Always look on the bright side life...'
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[Aaro]

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Watching you



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[Frits Thomsen]

hey... Thanks for a nice Leucorrhinia....
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Frits Thomsen
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[Da Larry]

It's absolutely amazing! Who needs more than 6MP?

You really should take a look at the original.... Its sharp !!!
http://www.pbase.com/yoicz/image/64269412/original

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I'm still DA* Larry!
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'Da' is Mandarin for large or big. At 6' 2' and 220 lbs, I am; at least in China.
KM5D; 18-70 Kit Lens; KM 28-75D/F2.8; Beercan;

 

[Tom Rowland]

It's absolutely amazing! Who needs more than 6MP?

Well look at this crop



of this 3.4 original

http://www.pbase.com/tommy2guns/image/63738132/original

Why do you even need 3.4 with crops like this?

 

[Frits Thomsen]

It's absolutely amazing! Who needs more than 6MP?

Who knows ??? Even 3,4 MP Foveon MP´s does pretty well...
Thanks for the kind words.

I'm still DA* Larry!
http://www.DaLarry.com



'Da' is Mandarin for large or big. At 6' 2' and 220 lbs, I am; at
least in China.
KM5D; 18-70 Kit Lens; KM 28-75D/F2.8; Beercan;

--
Frits Thomsen
See my pictures at
http://www.pbase.com/yoicz

 

[Frits Thomsen]

It's absolutely amazing! Who needs more than 6MP?

Well look at this crop
Why do you even need 3.4 with crops like this?

Amazing.... how much did you crop that one ???
--
Frits Thomsen
See my pictures at
http://www.pbase.com/yoicz

 

[Tom Rowland]

It's absolutely amazing! Who needs more than 6MP?

Well look at this crop
Why do you even need 3.4 with crops like this?

Amazing.... how much did you crop that one ???
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Hi Frits,

Here is a link to the pbase page with the original and the crop

http://www.pbase.com/tommy2guns/150