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Damselfly + funny fly thing
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:27 amby greencardigan
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.
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Posted:
Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:35 pmby BT*ist
Love the third one. Crouched and ready to leap!
For the first one, maybe selectively darken the flower?
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:36 pmby greencardigan
BT*ist wrote:For the first one, maybe selectively darken the flower?
Yep, I wasn't real sure about the flower. I'll try darkening it tonight.
Re: Dragonfly + funny fly thing
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:51 pmby DaveB
greencardigan wrote:I found this dragonfly a few day ago.
Dragonflies don't fold their wings back. This is a Damselfly.
Does anyone have any tips for photographing dragonflies? I seem to have trouble getting their eyes sharp.
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.
Posted:
Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:10 pmby Dargan
Number 3 does it for me. Very nice image.
Re: Dragonfly + funny fly thing
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:38 pmby greencardigan
DaveB wrote:Dragonflies don't fold their wings back. This is a Damselfly.
Thanks, I didn't realise that.
HI
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:04 pmby yeocsa
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
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:41 pmby Willy wombat
#3 is a great capture! I really like it - well done
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:48 pmby Finch
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
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:44 pmby Slider
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
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:15 pmby Manta
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.