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Wonderful! The odonate season is pretty much over here in New Hampshire. I have not seen any odes for several days now. Do you have dragonflies in flight all year round in Florida? If not, in what ...

A couple of comments from a retired chemist... First, "fluorine coating" is marketing mumbo jumbo... if the lens was really coated with fluorine the coating would last for only seconds. Fluorine is ...

When asking for a wildlife ID is is important to state where you made the photo. That said, and assuming you were near where your profile says that you live, the bird you photographed is a tufted ...

I spent some time yesterday staking out the hummingbird feeder. The overcast sky was good for photography unlike the harsh bright sunlight of most days recently here in southwestern New Hampshire. ...

Take a look at the offerings from Op/Tech USA ( optechusa.com/ ). Lots of variety, good quality and won't break the bank. I've used them for years on many cameras and have no complaints. Regards,

I know nothing about the NAPP, so I am unsure of which of the following three (if any) organizations comes closest... (1) Professional Photographers of America ( www.ppa.com/ )

I'll second the Bay Photo recommendation. Two others to consider are MPix.com ( www.mpix.com ) and Natural Color Lab ( www.naturalcolorlab.com/ ). All have great products and service.

Very nice! You have discovered the key to odonate photography... a moderate telephoto lens and extension tubes. I use a 300 mm f/4 and a 36 mm tube. I can fill the frame with a dragonfly. I still ...

John, While I am no expert on Florida birding, my wife and I spent some time in southwestern Florida at the end of this past March. (My first trip to Florida since the mid-1980's.) In addition to ...

In the thread on floating blinds, a few respondents mention the possibility of using a kayak instead of the floating blind. I photograph from a kayak on occasion and have more many years. Thus, I ...

John, Thanks for the details. They will make building one much easier. I've already started a shopping list, but I think that it will take me longer than two weeks! A few other folks mention using ...

Damn you Gerlach! :-D Every time you post another set of photos made using that blind, I get another step closer to building one for myself. If I start soon, it might be ready for the fall ...

Nice! It is a female twelve-spotted skimmer.

Make up your mind... do you want a good site or one like this!!! :-D Sorry, I could not resist. In addition to the already mentioned photo.net (which I also recommend) you might also want to take a ...

I "chimp" regularly... in order to check the histogram. I very, very rarely look at the actual image.

Great work! Hard to pick a favorite, they are all strong. Regards,

Nolan, I will provide detailed feedback for each image below. In general, you are off to a good start. Asking for and carefully considering feedback is the best way to get better at this "game". If ...

It is not often that the rear end of an animal makes for an interesting photograph. But, here, it works! :-D

Thanks! Oh great... like I need another fora to monitor!! ;-) I'll try to find some time to poke around. This is probably true, but if the number of species was the sole factor we would be overrun ...

Murray, Thanks for the comment. My 300 mm plus the extension tube also close focuses to about a meter, although I have never bothered to measure precisely. Your photos are quite nice as well. You ...