Finally, got my first ever DragonFly Pic. I've wanted to capture one of these for a long time, but never got a good one with my phone or old camera. I've seen this guy landing on the stick from my window several times. (Be sure to open this one big screen!)
I was finally able to get a shot when she landed on the stick while I happened to only be a few feet away. The auto-focus couldn't grab it with the water in the background. I was frantically trying to figure out the manual focus, and only got a couple shots off.
Sometimes there is too much technology, lol. I programmed the camera to let me go to manual focus by just pushing the button on side of the lens, but at the recommendation of another pro photographer, it also went into super zoom mode when doing so. Very beneficial when shooting birds or other objects far away, but not so much when trying to get a macro shot of a dragonfly blowing in the wind on a moving stick!
Tagging #featheredfriends on this post as well. Because dragonflies are kind of like hummingbirds, right? And just because there's so many great folks there that will enjoy the pics.
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Sony A7 R4 with 100-400 zoom lens pretending to be a macro.
Enjoy!
@ksteem
You got one!! That is so awesome and you truly got up close and personal. I can even see his face!
I think they are not as easy to photograph as it looks. But, @papillioncharity is right! They make great practice and seems like once they claim a stick, it is their landing pad!
Great work and I look forward to seeing more of these from you!
Thanks! It felt really good to have a good one when I was rolling thru the several out of focus ones. Definitely going to be practicing my manual focus skills!
Yes! I find that as my vision isn't 20/20 anymore, I adjusted my focus to fit me and then nobody else dared touch my camera. :)
The struggle is real!
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Certainly some great shots here my friend.
When I bought my first camera 20 years ago a professional friend told me to train on shooting dragonflies and I have many of them..
His logic was that if one could get the small things clear, then the bigger things would be much easier and he was right.
I love your shots and now it's your turn to practice, as that guy will continue to land on that stick 🤣
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Yes, they certainly are good practice! Next is to catch one in flight!
Oh yeah, in flight is quite a different story.
Good luck mate.
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Wow, beautiful colors on that dragonfly! Kind of like something from Africa, like a giraffe/zebra combo.
Thanks, good size one too. I'm guessing 4 inches across? Not Africa though, just Colorado Pond in the Pine Forest.
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