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Jul 13, 2013 22:07 |  #1

OK it was just hovering....for a long time
These blue colored ones appear to be the largest ones around where I live.

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Jul 13, 2013 22:27 |  #2

Cool shot, those wing look like there going in every direction.


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Jul 13, 2013 23:22 |  #3

Thanks, every shot I got of the DF looked like the wings were all over the place. Pretty funky, yet cool.


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Jul 14, 2013 00:56 |  #4

Lovely DIF shot
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Jul 14, 2013 08:06 |  #5

Thank you Brian


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Jul 14, 2013 08:07 |  #6

Nicely done John.


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Jul 14, 2013 08:09 |  #7

Thank you Lester, Love the avatar.


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Jul 14, 2013 08:53 |  #8

OMG, so cooooool, perfect!




  
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Jul 14, 2013 09:52 |  #9

Very nice DIF shot, and hard to get.


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Jul 14, 2013 12:46 |  #10

Excellent shot, I learnt this week how hard this is to pull off!


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Jul 14, 2013 14:49 as a reply to  @ adam 91's post |  #11

Nice job getting the shot, and a beautiful specimen!


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Jul 14, 2013 20:25 |  #12

KILLERCLOWN wrote in post #16118943 (external link)
OMG, so cooooool, perfect!

Thank you

drhanson wrote in post #16119073 (external link)
Very nice DIF shot, and hard to get.

Thank you, they are very elusive.

adam 91 wrote in post #16119530 (external link)
Excellent shot, I learnt this week how hard this is to pull off!

Thank you, they bring you back to earth when you think you can follow a target well.

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Nice job getting the shot, and a beautiful specimen!

Thank you, beautiful indeed. I think they all are quite beautiful though.


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Jul 15, 2013 04:47 |  #13

perhaps increase the exposure a bit more? looks underexposed here, but besides that its a great capture


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Jul 15, 2013 09:09 |  #14

Warl0rd wrote in post #16121272 (external link)
perhaps increase the exposure a bit more? looks underexposed here, but besides that its a great capture

Thanks, I must have gotten a little heavy handed in post.:oops:


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Jul 15, 2013 10:00 |  #15

Nice capture, John. Not easy but you did it!


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