Black Tailed Skimmer plus a few others

[lcpete]

hi heres some more from saturday :D
the skimmer and 4 spot had just emerged
all uncropped except the brown argus
40D 150 sigma natural light

Black Tailed Skimmer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/lcpete/BlackTailedSkimmerOrthetruncancella.jpg


Common Blue

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/lcpete/commonbluesat1s5.jpg


Brown Argus

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/lcpete/BrownArgusAriciaagestis.jpg

Four-spotted Chaser

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/lcpete/Four-spottedChaserLibellulaquadrima.jpg

[skylab]

Super set Pete. Love them all. Great work.

[LindaB]

Great shots Pete - colours are excellent too.

Linda

[enjoy]

The second one is a great picture.

[striving]

Wonderful stuff!! Let me ask you this. What is your working distance on these? How far are you from that first DF?

[Bill Pham]

yea Pete super set you have there.

Bill

[LordV]

Excellent series- particularly like the light on the wings in the last shot.

Brian V.

[alliec]

Great shots Pete, love the common Blue shot, very nice light.

[drkrishi]

Great Set, Common Blue Looks great :rolleyes:
Sigma 150 Macro must be giving nice working distance, how do compare it with Sigma 105 macro?

[lcpete]

Thanks Brian, Linda, enjoy, striving, Bill , Bian V, Alistair, and Krishna :D

The reason that I got the 150 was the increased working distance over the 105 for shy subjects and it does make things easier
One added bonus is that the 150 seems to make it easier to get nice out of focus backgrounds
The 150 does need to be used with a tripod though, the 105 can be easily hand held
I,m not sure what the exact distance I never remember things like that but I was probably 3 feet from the dragonfly
Pete

[striving]

Thanks Brian, Linda, enjoy, striving, Bill , Bian V, Alistair, and Krishna :D

I,m not sure what the exact distance I never remember things like that but I was probably 3 feet from the dragonfly
Pete


Wow! Thanks for the info. I just can't imagine being less then a few inches away lol. With my lens I have to be kissing the insects. But hopefully I will get a better lens soon.

Thanks again, and nice shots!

[bandit 1]

Hiya Pete,

Excellent series of shots, #1 & #3 are my favorites

Cheers for now
Mark

[dpastern]

Excellent set Pete, especially the 2 butterfly shots. Good, nice, even lighting.

Dave