Some dragonflies

Had both a hawker and a couple of female darters in the garden recently and then found a different hawker dying unfortunately (the last shot).

Brian V

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number 3 is cool a lot different from the normal shots.

amazing shots. You certainly have mastered the use of DOF. I don't know how you manage f8 like in the fifth one down. I would love to take advantage of the sweet spot on my lens, but I'm not able to accomplish what you do.

#5 for me but some mega sharp mug shots.

The Darter shots are extremely pretty shots - but the whole set are lovely.

Shame about the dying one tho.

Linda

Hiya Brian,

Excellent series of shots, #5 is my favorite.

Cheers for now
Mark

As usual, wonderful shots. Nos. 4 and 5 are my particular favourites, but they're all excellent.

Wonderful shots here brian..im really liking numbers 2, 4 & 5.

Alistair.

I think you must hypnotise them to stay still.
Cracking set like them all.

Superb set Brian.

Thanks for the comments everyone- much appreciated
Do find the Hawker dragonflies hard to shoot- they just tend to hang around in bushes but the darters always want to perch on the top of something and pose which makes them a lot easier.
Crypto - wasn't doing anything clever with the lower mag shots- just shooting natural light at ISO 200 Tv mode (1/200th).

Brian V.

Great serie !

Yacine.

LordV wrote in post #3670931
Crypto - wasn't doing anything clever with the lower mag shots- just shooting natural light at ISO 200 Tv mode (1/200th).

Brian V.

Thanks Brian. Interesting, so you let the camera select the aperture. At ISO 200 with the shutter speed locked, I guess this helps keep it from getting too large.

You're a master, I've learned a lot reading your posts. Thanks. I haven't been able to get great natural light macros, but I'm working on it.

Crypto wrote in post #3671372
Thanks Brian. Interesting, so you let the camera select the aperture. At ISO 200 with the shutter speed locked, I guess this helps keep it from getting too large.

You're a master, I've learned a lot reading your posts. Thanks. I haven't been able to get great natural light macros, but I'm working on it.

Still learning with natural light shots. Prefer to make sure the shutter speed is good than to get shaky shots. I was able to shoot these at ISO200 but would up the ISO to 400 or 800 if the aperture got too low. I also shoot at -.66Ev with natural light to stop blown highlights but that may just be a characteristic of my 350D.
brian V.

Nice set once again, Brian. The first one is a southern hawker; maybe a male but can't be sure as it's not fully mature and I can't make out the tail to make a better judgement. The last one is a female of the same species. I hope she laid a good many eggs before dying.