Dragonflies

[cooldood73 72]

 

[jeffashman12 3]

Nice set of images!

 

[Jeff1549 49]

Some nice shots ....

 

[petrochemist118 143]

Nice shots
The first two are very different from any I've seen in Europe.

 

[cooldood73 72]

Nice shots
The first two are very different from any I've seen in Europe.

They are Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)
Many graves have a small flag and each dragonfly owns one.

 

[4073709 2]

Great Set. I have not seen any of these before.

Try and experiment with shutter speed. I see 1/3200 on a few of the images. If you bring that down to around 1/400 that will allow the ISO to drop down ( I am assuming you are using Auto ISO) and reduce the need for processing.

CHEERS
JBO

 

[cooldood73 72]

Great Set. I have not seen any of these before.

Try and experiment with shutter speed. I see 1/3200 on a few of the images. If you bring that down to around 1/400 that will allow the ISO to drop down ( I am assuming you are using Auto ISO) and reduce the need for processing.

CHEERS
JBO

I had high shutter speed because I was trying to get in flight pics. Unsuccessfully might I add.

 

[4073709 2]

I had high shutter speed because I was trying to get in flight pics. Unsuccessfully might I add.

Photographing a Dragonfly in flight is a crossover between huge technical requirements and blind luck.

This pic was taken with a shutter speed of 1/400:

To freeze the wings in flight would require around 1/2000. That shutter speed can only be used on very bright sunny days or with a flash that supports High Speed Sync (HSS).

That pic is one of my bucket list photos. I have hundreds of nearly perfect pics of Dragonflies in flight but only got 2 that I was totally happy with. Its a great sport that will swallow up a lot of time but when you do nail it you feel like they should give a parade in honour of your achievement.

Stick at it.

CHEERS
JBO

 

[petrochemist118 143]

Photographing a Dragonfly in flight is a crossover between huge technical requirements and blind luck.

This pic was taken with a shutter speed of 1/400:
View attachment 299495

To freeze the wings in flight would require around 1/2000. That shutter speed can only be used on very bright sunny days or with a flash that supports High Speed Sync (HSS).

That pic is one of my bucket list photos. I have hundreds of nearly perfect pics of Dragonflies in flight but only got 2 that I was totally happy with. Its a great sport that will swallow up a lot of time but when you do nail it you feel like they should give a parade in honour of your achievement.

Stick at it.

CHEERS
JBO

I managed this at 1/1600 iso 400 with my G1 on the second day I tried dragonflies with my then new 45-200 zoom
By the reeds by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

and this at 1/250 on the first day
Dragonfly in flight by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

I have never managed any on the wing with my DSLRs and hardly ever on later occasions with mirrorless...