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Gooiool β Dragonfly or Southern Hawker
Published: 2008-07-29 00:05:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 9115; Favourites: 493; Downloads: 27
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Dragonfly or Southern Hawker: Aeshna CyaneaHawkers get their name from restlessly patrolling their territory in search of prey like a hawk...
The males are often seen patrolling by a ponds edge or river, where they fight away intruders, crashing into rival males and spiralling through the air.
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EDIT: Oct.26,2008
Added border and sig .
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fantastic macro and wonderful details - was it immobilized?
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and ty for your comments .
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No , dragonflies will sit still once they have landed and got settled .
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well that is not my experience with them; they seem very skittishΒ
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Amazing photo!!!!! I've got to wonder though, how you looked to him?!!!!!
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this is absolutely stunning, the sharpness, the colours, the framing, awesome!
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Beautiful! Love how you can see all the colors of the dragonflys eyes!
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Like the bid bad wolf , " Oh what big eyes you have " ... lol
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lol
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ty and ty for the fave
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wow...this must be really close and a very good lens.....may I know what camera and lens do you used for your macro shots????? hope you don't mind sharing.....any tips???/ I love macro too
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[link] If you will notice in this shot the settings/Camera data and how whit these setting a get a larger focus area .
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oooo....ok.....because I used f2.8 so the focus is narrowed .....now I understand... thanks again "SiFU"
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on this one I was using a PENTAX K10D with a Sigma 180mm macro lens also using a set of tubes .
Tips after looking at your images only tip I would have is try using your camera in manual mode . set the ISO to 100 , and try setting the aperture smaller to say F/11-13 . The 100 ISO will give your shots better print quality . The smaller aperture will give you longer focus area .
Now with that said I think your photos are great and you have a good eye. My tips were only to include better camera settings so you can get macros .
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thanks a lot....my Nikon D300s don't have ISO 100...the minimum is 200....oooo so I was doing mistake on the aperture.....I was using Tamron SP 90 and I set my aperture to 2.8/3.5/5.....will try again tomorrow. hope to get abetter result. I tried manual focusing but can't get a good focus.... 
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just try aperture f/10-13 then try wide open f/2.8 and look at the focus change .
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ah don't say that ..Remember my saying "Art is anything YOU think looks good " ...
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Yeah, yeah... in the eye of the beholder... Well, I thought mine looked good until I saw yours!!! hehehe... you can't deny equipment quality and superiority! But,
that's OK, I'll just keep on finessing with technique and style, and angles, and...
keep holding my own!
Thanks, Alan...
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