Nice one, Paul.
Looks like the same species that Adelheid and I found in Merchant's
Millpond, NC, last year. One thing I remember from my own shots is
that it's difficult to render the eyes of this one as being in focus.
In your shot, the focal plane seems to be around the wing root.
You're right about the background, btw. Worthy of envy.
Jostein
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 4:46 AM
Subject: PESO: Blue Dragon
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
