Paul, Like the shot and, you're right, the background is perfect. Your set-up, also, allowed you the distance for sufficient DOF. All such elements nicely applied.
Jack --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was walking in a wooded area this afternoon hoping > to shoot some > birds when I came upon a creek covered with bright > green algae. A > number of dragon flies were flitting back and forth > among some reeds in > the creek. They were way too distant for a macro > lens, and I had > brought only my *istD, A400/5.6 and an A2X converter > along on the walk. > I also had the Sigma 500 Super mounted with the > magnifier lens. I stuck > the converter on the back of the lens and took some > shots at 5.6, > 1/1000, ISO 800 with high speed synch activated. I > came away with some > nice pics of red, green, and blue dragon flies. > Here's the blue guy on > a reed. The algae makes a great background. This is > almost full frame > with just a bit cropped off the ends of the frame. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3526907&size=lg > Paul > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
