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pxl8
3rd of August 2005 (Wed), 11:57
I was out getting some snaps of the Blue-Tailed Damselflies (see pic) around the pond this morning when a female Emperor Dragonfly arrived. I tried to move slowly round to get a better shot but she left before I'd moved more than a foot. She was quite a size - wingspan in the region of 4 inches and the Damselflies left in a mighty hurry!

Andy
cfcRebel
3rd of August 2005 (Wed), 12:03
Wow nice shots! #2 is really cool with that bg.
Dragonslayer
3rd of August 2005 (Wed), 17:11
Both images are a little soft overall and might be helped with some USM to sharpen, the Dragonfly is pretty sharp as posted but Seeing this more from the side or front would have made that shot better. Your blue tip one looks like a species we have here in Texas Called a Rambur's Forktail, and the dragonfly looks very close to one we call a Green Darner, and when I have seen them posed like the one you have they normally were scoping out an area to lay eggs just under the leaves edge or on submerged vegetation.
Airedale1
3rd of August 2005 (Wed), 20:26
Just amazing the amount of really high quality captures of Dragonflys on this forum. Thanks for showing us two more.
Richard51
3rd of August 2005 (Wed), 20:30
WOW!! It appears that dragonfly is transparent. Is that the case, or is it just a reflection of the lilypad it was on. Either way, great capture!!
Raj
3rd of August 2005 (Wed), 21:24
Awesome !! love the DOF in #1 & sharpness in details in #2.
Excellent shots, thanks for sharing :-)
pxl8
4th of August 2005 (Thu), 00:46
Both images are a little soft overall and might be helped with some USM to sharpen, the Dragonfly is pretty sharp as posted but Seeing this more from the side or front would have made that shot better.
I think I was probably at the limit for sharpness on the damselfly, it was shot at 300mm with a +2 close-up filter, the results just aren't very sharp but best I can do on my budget right now :(

But I'll keep an eye on ebay for some tubes.

...posed like the one you have they normally were scoping out an area to lay eggs just under the leaves edge or on submerged vegetation.
I thought that as well but she only stayed for a couple seconds, long enough for me to point and shoot 3 frames on instinct, as soon as I started thinking about getting a better angle she was gone.

Andy