No, I'm not even close to achieving the kind of results Mark has been
getting. What's more, I have no idea what I'm shooting :-). But thanks
for the comment.
Paul
On Jul 10, 2005, at 12:53 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
Looks like you're trying to give Cassino a run for his money. Very
nice, indeed!
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Best regards,
Bruce
Saturday, July 9, 2005, 7:46:05 PM, you wrote:
PS> I was walking in a wooded area this afternoon hoping to shoot some
PS> birds when I came upon a creek covered with bright green algae. A
PS> number of dragon flies were flitting back and forth among some
reeds in
PS> the creek. They were way too distant for a macro lens, and I had
PS> brought only my *istD, A400/5.6 and an A2X converter along on the
walk.
PS> I also had the Sigma 500 Super mounted with the magnifier lens. I
stuck
PS> the converter on the back of the lens and took some shots at 5.6,
PS> 1/1000, ISO 800 with high speed synch activated. I came away with
some
PS> nice pics of red, green, and blue dragon flies. Here's the blue
guy on
PS> a reed. The algae makes a great background. This is almost full
frame
PS> with just a bit cropped off the ends of the frame.
PS> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3526907&size=lg
PS> Paul
