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Published: 2008-06-18 05:51:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 7200; Favourites: 132; Downloads: 0
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Shot with a Canon 70-200mm F4 L IS (IS enabled) + a 1.4x teleconverter + an 81A warming filter. Overcast evening sunlight (low contrast). Manual focus cause I seem to be AI Servo stupid -could not get it to work to save my life! Hand held.Related content
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awesome!
very lucky shot I guess?
really fascinating, been looking at it for like 10 minutes now
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A lot more patience than luck: It was hunting in a very predictable pattern and I kept inching my way closer to where it was occasionally hovering. My 40D wouldn't lock onto it, so I had to manually focus the shot. Took over half and hour and about 15 frames to get that one keeper.
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I saw this and my jaw dropped! I've seen plenty of great macro images... But a spot on focus with good depth of field of a dragonfly IN FLIGHT!?!? WOW! O_O
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This could very well be the most impressive photograph ive ever seen. Really diggin this one
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That must have taken so much patience. Excellent photo!!
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Way too much time on a very hot day
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Was it because the dragonfly was beyond your 200 mm range, or you wanted to create the blurred background that you used a 1.4x teleconverter for "ultra" telephoto zoom? It's extremely hard to hand-held a large camera set like this, right?
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The background blur is really due to the Fstop (F5.6). Using large Fstops will give you more depth of field, but also more background detail. For a shot like that one I didn't want the background to be distracting and I didn't need a lot of depth so I went with a relatively small Fstop.
I never crop my images, so I used the 1.4x teleconverter to make the dragon larger in the frame. It was hovering over a lagoon so I was limited in how close I could get to it.
Yes, it's not easy hand holding long glass. But the lens I used has image stabilization so that helped.
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Thanks for sharing your technique, master. I shall be your little grasshopper!
Canβt wait to experiment with my own camera.
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This wonderful artwork has been featured in my journal: [link]
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Wow, this must've been a heck of a shot to make. Really gorgeousβdragonflies are my favorite insect.
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Took about 20 frames and about an hour to get one that I was happy with.
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perfect focus.. thats incredible, especially handheld and of a dragonfly
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Three years of manually focusing a lens...
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haha just a little experience then.. do you manually figure out your magnification ratio to?
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The the MPE-65mm macro lens it's easy -there are marks on the lens that tell you what the magnification is.
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ahh, thats convenient. I use a canon 100mm macro for my macro shots, and now that you mention it i think theres somethin there that tells me. I used to use a 25-200mm lens with a 4T filter on it, but quality was terrible so got the 100mm macro
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There are magnification marks on the focus ring of the 100mm, but they are only accurate when the lens is bare...
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yea, i dont use any filters on the 100mm, none of em fit
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Your photographs are always so amazing and beautiful. I wish I had half of your talent
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I'm still learning...
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This is why you are the master. Another instant fav...thanks John!
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Thanks for the props
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