Does anyone have any tips for photographing dragonflies? I seem to have trouble getting their eyes sharp.
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Damselfly + funny fly thing
I found this dragonfly a few day ago. I took heaps of shots but only ended up with a few that were half OK.
Does anyone have any tips for photographing dragonflies? I seem to have trouble getting their eyes sharp. 1.
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3. Last edited by greencardigan on Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Yep, I wasn't real sure about the flower. I'll try darkening it tonight.
Re: Dragonfly + funny fly thing
Dragonflies don't fold their wings back. This is a Damselfly. This is in fact a common problem with damselflies! Something about the structure of the eye... All you can do is use the nearby body parts (e.g. face/mouth) as a guide.
Re: Dragonfly + funny fly thing
Thanks, I didn't realise that.
HI
Your focusing point should be on the damsefly's eyes. Use smaller aperture for geater depth of field with tripod support. Also, parallel it to the film plane like you did with the 2nd picture.
regards, Arthur
#3 is a great capture! I really like it - well done
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Greenie,
Like your shots, especially 2 and 3. Definitely focus on eyes and use smaller DOF (as mentioned a few posts back) and use diffused flash to keep image from blurring. Cheers Michael
Hi Greenie, they can be very frustrating to get right in focus. As others have already commented, I have found the best results with a nice diffused flash and stopping down to f16 or smaller to improve DOF. Really concentrate on getting the eye right in the plane of focus. Sometimes though, they just look plain weird no matter what you do
 Cheers
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Hi Greenie - I think the third shot is a Vinegar Fly (drosophila melanogaster) but the wing colouring doesn't match any of my references so I'm not 100% sure.
Simon
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