Nice shot, Paul - the algae really does make for a good background, and
works good with the colors in the dragon.
- MCC
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Mark Cassino Photography
Kalamazoo, MI
www.markcassino.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:46 PM
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
