Finally a Dragon in Flight

gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
edited September 9, 2005 in Holy Macro
I haven't posted any Macro in a while because I've been busy doing wildlife with my new lens so I thought I would drop on by and post some from my last excursion on 09-01 to Blackwell Forest Preserve.

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I tried and I tried and I tried, and finally I got one, well two actually but the first is a crop so I like the second better.

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I don't know if this is normal or not but this guy was a cannibal. Look closely and you'll see a damsel fly in its mouth.
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I like the green guys but they, along with the blues, seem to be more nervous than the red ones so they are a little harder to get close to.
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A couple more red guys that I am proud of.
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And finally, this guy was hanging on for dear life it was soo windy. Check out how torn up his wings are.
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Enjoy, and all comments and critiques are welcome.

Nick
Nick
SmugMug Technical Account Manager
Travel = good. Woo, shooting!
nickwphoto

Comments

  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2005
    good going Nick
    now big birds in flight will be a cake walk, Not :lol4 :D

    Nice set
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2005
    Great Captures- DIFs and a dragon eating thumb.gif .
    Haven't managed a shot of a dragon eating something yet. Thought I might have got one a couple of weeks ago when a speckled wood butterfly took umbrage at a hawker dragonfly that came into the garden and actually started mobbing the dragon. The dragon turned round took the butterfly in mid air and flew down the garden with it. I couldn't find it anywhere but about 30 seconds later a couple of buttefly wings spiralled down from one of my trees.

    Brian V.
  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2005
    Great Captures- DIFs and a dragon eating thumb.gif .
    Haven't managed a shot of a dragon eating something yet. Thought I might have got one a couple of weeks ago when a speckled wood butterfly took umbrage at a hawker dragonfly that came into the garden and actually started mobbing the dragon. The dragon turned round took the butterfly in mid air and flew down the garden with it. I couldn't find it anywhere but about 30 seconds later a couple of buttefly wings spiralled down from one of my trees.

    Brian V.
    Thanks Brian, that is a cool story. I didn't even see the wings coming out of it's mouth until just before it flew off. That picture was the last one I got before he flew away and it is the only one you can really see the wings in its mouth.

    Thanks for the comment

    Nick
    Nick
    SmugMug Technical Account Manager
    Travel = good. Woo, shooting!
    nickwphoto
  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    good going Nick
    now big birds in flight will be a cake walk, Not :lol4 :D

    Nice set
    Sure no problem, Tomarrow I'll go out and get a Kingfisher in Flight with my 100mm Macro and fill the frame with the bird. No prob:giggle :bs :booze

    Thanks Ben

    Nick
    Nick
    SmugMug Technical Account Manager
    Travel = good. Woo, shooting!
    nickwphoto
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