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Birthday dragonfly

 
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Aug 02, 2007 07:08 |  #1

Even had a dragonfly wish me happy birthday yesterday :)
Hadn't been able to get close to this dragon in it's previous visits but yesterday it did a beautiful modelling job and topped it off by climbing on my finger.
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Aug 02, 2007 07:56 |  #2

Beautiful shot. Looks like he's giving you a wing dip. We have a very large abundance of dragons in our wetlands this year, have you seen that over there?


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Aug 02, 2007 08:38 as a reply to  @ canonloader's post |  #3

great shot of one of your many train insects :D

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Aug 02, 2007 08:48 as a reply to  @ Bill Pham's post |  #4

Hiya Brian,

Excellent shot/capture, you didn't come from Assisi in a previous life did you :lol:

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Aug 02, 2007 09:20 as a reply to  @ bandit 1's post |  #5

The dragon is hoping for his 15 minutes of fame. He wants his picture in the Mail...

Impressively sharp for a single-handed shot Brian. I'd probably just get myself in position, only to find I was on manual focus with the focus set at about 4 feet...


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Aug 02, 2007 09:32 |  #6

canonloader wrote in post #3654945 (external link)
Beautiful shot. Looks like he's giving you a wing dip. We have a very large abundance of dragons in our wetlands this year, have you seen that over there?

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No there has not been many so far in my garden- the very wet weather we had recently didn't do them any good I think.
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Aug 02, 2007 09:33 |  #7

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great shot of one of your many train insects :D

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Aug 02, 2007 09:34 |  #8

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Hiya Brian,

Excellent shot/capture, you didn't come from Assisi in a previous life did you :lol:

Cheers for now
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Thanks Mark- don't think there were any saints in any previous lives I may have had ;)
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Aug 02, 2007 09:36 |  #9

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The dragon is hoping for his 15 minutes of fame. He wants his picture in the Mail...

Impressively sharp for a single-handed shot Brian. I'd probably just get myself in position, only to find I was on manual focus with the focus set at about 4 feet...

Thanks :)
No I've done that before- I set the lens before attempting to get the bug on my finger and yes it was MF :)
Only problem I had was getting enough space between the camera lens and the DF to get it all in - need long arms :)
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Aug 02, 2007 10:54 as a reply to  @ LordV's post |  #10

Aww, what a lovely shot and how lucky of you - arent they just adorable.

A belated Happy Birthday for yesterday Brian

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Aug 02, 2007 13:40 |  #11

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Aww, what a lovely shot and how lucky of you - arent they just adorable.

A belated Happy Birthday for yesterday Brian

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Thanks Linda :) much appreciated, you are right about the DF- much prefer these small darters to the large Hawkers-just seem to have more personality.
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Aug 02, 2007 16:29 |  #12

With the expression on their faces, I always expect darters to say "Th-th-that's all folks!"




  
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Aug 02, 2007 16:45 |  #13

LordV wrote in post #3656788 (external link)
Thanks Linda :) much appreciated, you are right about the DF- much prefer these small darters to the large Hawkers-just seem to have more personality.
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They certainly do - it always makes me smile when they tilt their head and look at you, its sad they only live for such a short time.

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With the expression on their faces, I always expect darters to say "Th-th-that's all folks!"

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