Now I know why

[Littleone]

Since I began reading and looking at pictures on these forums I wondered, "Why all of the pictures of Dragon Flies?" Well now I know..they have to be the most difficult insect to photograph!! I happened upon one today and decided that I would try it..and here it is...I only edited the colors to the background so the dragon fly would stand out more. I will be working on the 20 or so pictures that I took of this critter but I just wanted to know what you thought about it!!

Lyn

[Ballen Photo]

Hi Lyn, That pretty rare to see a head on shot of a Dragonfly. Nice catch. :D
-Bruce

[Littleone]

Thank you!! It was pretty hard to focus in on him. I used my 20D and my 28-135 lens. I have all kinds of shots of him but so far this was the best.


Lyn

[WepWaWep]

Yes, they can cause madness, especially trying to get a nice DOF so that the whole insect is in focus. Then there are bees in flight, butterflies, birds and a whole slew a wonderful little critters.

Nice capture and welcome to the club.

[Leorooster]

Nice shot. I normally would focus on the eyes, unless you intentionally captured it's fore-wings. Regardless, it's very nice. Keep them coming!

[Dragonslayer]

Lyn it's a nice pose here although I wish for a more natural looking perch. The eyes are soft here on this posted image, not sure what your Aperture was but it looks like your focus point was behind the head here as the wings seem pretty sharp but the eyes are soft and lack detail. I rarely ever shoot a dragon at less then f8 and I always want the eyes to be sharp if they can be seen in the image.

[RockOne]

Cool shot. Nice detail in the wings.

[Littleone]

Lyn it's a nice pose here although I wish for a more natural looking perch. The eyes are soft here on this posted image, not sure what your Aperture was but it looks like your focus point was behind the head here as the wings seem pretty sharp but the eyes are soft and lack detail. I rarely ever shoot a dragon at less then f8 and I always want the eyes to be sharp if they can be seen in the image.

Thank you for all of the comments.

There was one small problem with taking this picture and that was I do not have a macro lens. I was using my 28-135 which was having a problem focusing on it. I was not really trying to get any part of the Dragonfly, I was just trying to get a picture :). I was able to to set it at f8 but that was about all of the time I had. I am still in the learning stage of the 20D.

One good thing about taking this picture, my husband is allowing me to purchase a macro lens!!

[Dragonslayer]

Thank you for all of the comments.

There was one small problem with taking this picture and that was I do not have a macro lens. I was using my 28-135 which was having a problem focusing on it. I was not really trying to get any part of the Dragonfly, I was just trying to get a picture :). I was able to to set it at f8 but that was about all of the time I had. I am still in the learning stage of the 20D.

One good thing about taking this picture, my husband is allowing me to purchase a macro lens!!

Well macro lenses are great to have but with Dragonflies I rarely use one, To be honest I shoot mostly with the bigma at 500mm and I will have 68mm of extension tubes, nice thing about the bigma and ext tubes is it gives me a lot of working room. I can send you some shots if you wish to see them. Just email me at bige2000@ev1.net as I don't want to have to upload images to my server then link them here when it's easier to attach them in the email. :)