This is a 100% crop of a Dragonfly i snapped today, not a great shot i know, but look......... its one eye is caved in,............. anybody seen anything like this before?
keeny Member 62 posts Joined Jun 2005 More info | Jul 11, 2007 13:05 | #1 This is a 100% crop of a Dragonfly i snapped today, not a great shot i know, but look......... its one eye is caved in,............. anybody seen anything like this before?
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sixsixfour Goldmember  1,781 posts Likes: 26 Joined May 2007 Location: Orange County, CA More info | Jul 11, 2007 13:08 | #2 nope. that doesnt look normal to me. Canon 7D / 50D / 30D / SL1 / XT
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deltroid Senior Member  More info | Jul 11, 2007 13:21 | #3 Ok, confess...you hit it with the front element! _______________
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Mrvile Senior Member  541 posts Joined Jun 2007 Location: Cleveland, OH More info | Jul 11, 2007 14:31 | #4 Ouch that looks painful! Eric
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Ok another view for you...........looks painfull don't it.
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eccles Goldmember  2,948 posts Joined Jun 2006 Location: Bristol, UK More info | Jul 11, 2007 15:33 | #6 That one isn't going to catch much prey. Sad...
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dpastern Cream of the Crop 13,765 posts Likes: 3 Joined Aug 2005 Location: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia More info | Jul 12, 2007 00:00 | #7  Permanent banPretty good shot, and yes, I've seen Flies and Dragonflies with this sort of eye damage before. Not much you can do, they generally don't live very long as eccles has implied.
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LawrieB Goldmember  3,313 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia More info | Jul 13, 2007 03:13 | #8 High Speed crashes do that sometimes Lawrie
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Jul 13, 2007 05:42 | #9 Great shot. The clarity and sharpness of those eyes are incredible. Paul
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phangcht Member 163 posts Joined Jan 2007 More info | Jul 13, 2007 08:11 | #10 This is certainly a one-eye-jack...great shot by the way Canon EOS 5D | 50 1.4 | 17-40 L | 24-105 L IS | 100-400 L IS | 100 F2.8 Macro | 500D Close-up lens | Speedlite 580EX II
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LindaB Cream of the Crop  11,375 posts Likes: 295 Joined Sep 2006 Location: Surrey (UK) More info | Both incredible shots - I have to say I have never actually seen a dented eye on a dragonfly before, although I know it must happen. Terribly sad to see them damaged like that. http://lindabuckell.zenfolio.com/
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LordV Macro Photo-Lord of the Year 2006  More info | Jul 13, 2007 11:30 | #12 Excellent capture- certainly looks like a high speed crash result. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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rrdjserv@earthlink.net Goldmember  2,124 posts Joined Feb 2005 Location: Bumpass, VA. More info | Jul 13, 2007 14:32 | #13 Really sweet shots, Keeny. --Rick Sigma 500mm f/4.5, Canon EOS 7D, Canon T1i, Canon 300L f/4 IS, Canon 100mm macro, Tamron 17-50, Kenko extension tubes, Canon 580 Speedlite
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photobitz PlatinumMeasurebaiter  6,501 posts Joined Jan 2006 Location: NSW, Australia More info | Jul 13, 2007 14:42 | #14 I've seen dented fly eyes before and I've seen cicadas noses dented too.... first dragonfly though. Dan
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bromm Cream of the Crop  6,920 posts Joined May 2006 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada More info | Nice shot, sad for the DF as depth perception is likely very important in air to air snipeing. Trevor Wadman
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