Well, while we are on dragonflies

[ceeboy14]

I shot this guy sitting on a friend's hat with an 80-400 at 5.6. They are fun to shoot.



Earlier this late spring I was able to get these guys up in the Okefenokee Swamp

 

[MystrE]

They are amazing and colorful insects. Nice photos!

 

[Britanica]

WOW! These are amazing! You have a good eye. These guys are so darn fast. I would love to see some shots of humming birds. I attempted taking a picture of one the other day and failed horribly. lol

 

[ceeboy14]

I've found the best way to capture hummingbirds is to set a camera on a tripod and do a zone of focus for a specific area you know they're going to be in, and set up a high shutter speed. Use a remote release and camo the camera and tripod (I use a camo plastic raincoat). Contrary to some other's ways of doing this, I use my 80-400 at f/11 (still good bokeh), ISO 320 @ 1/2500 - 1/6000 or better using aperture priority. I probably should use a different approach sometime, but it works and I'm a big, "if it ain't broke..."

Duh, I think I'll try this with some dragonflies, because I can never seem to catch them in flight - well, at least not sharply.