Thanks Jack. I think Mark Cassino has enabled me on the dragon fly hunt
:-) . Never new those critters were so interesting up close.
Paul
On Jul 9, 2005, at 11:13 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
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
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