A few shots from today

Spotted this Dragonfly around the side of the house, scared it off accidently. Managed to see where it landed (aroun 9' up a tree with lots of branches). What does me do? I get my dad's wooden step ladder, which has one leg shorter than the other by a few mm and thus wobbles. I mount it on the moist ground, which is on a slope. Here's me on the 3rd rung, trying to gently get branches out of the way, keep my balance, and not topple over on said step ladder Well, only managed a few decent shots, not great since they are from below the Dragonfly, and not above, and have the legs in the way of the face Still, sharpest shots of a Dragonfly to date for me. Not bad, since I also took the first shot (and obviously the crop) at 1/160 on the Sigma 150mm on a 1D Mark IIn body (i.e. heavy combo). hehehe. If there's a way, I'll usually find it Onto the piccies...

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Personally I like a bit of punch.......with your permission

Not a bad conversion Mark, I sill prefer my effort, I think it's more closer to what I saw.

Thanks for the effort though - out of curiousity, what did you do?

Dave

Hiya Dave,

Great shots, love the colours & lighting in these, hey wanna know a secret in finding Springtails ?? stop eating those Broad Beans & scaring them away

Cheers for now
Mark

Very very nice!!

tree climbing - you been looking at Alain Laboille's video.

Thanks guys.

Toby - not quite that much climbing - just a step ladder! I'm scared of heights and get vertigo quite easily, so doing what Alain did is not my cuppa tea. I really wish I could have had more control over these images compositionally etc, oh well...

edit: and yes, there was a breeze yesterday, which made it hard to get shots as well...I'm really surprised I nailed these 2 shots given the circumstances. Just call me a stubborn ole bugger!

Dave

love the clarity ...

but look bit under for me .. could be my screen

Good ones Dave - I've tried shooting from an unstable ladder- not easy

Seem to be lacking in contrast slightly ?
Brian V.

Thanks guys - Brian, I might re-work this shot with a bit more contrast.

Dave

Wonderful shots Dave. The thing we do eh!

I agree they could do with a little more contrast. Beautiful shots.
Extra points for the circus act.

Thanks Greg & Dave. Yup, the things we do. Thankfully I didn't fall a$$ over head lol. At least I got a half decent sharp shot, never been 100% happy with the sharpness of any of my previous DF shots. Now, if only I can get the lighting right, and a better angle and the closeup without having to crop I don't want much, do I? lol...

Dave