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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 10/18/2007
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AJ -- Bravo for this super-duper macro; subtle colors and fascinating detail.
Nicely done.
--Best to you, Jan
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reza goudarzi
{K:7097} 10/10/2007
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good macro...very beutiful! thx for sharing,
regards,
reza.
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a. gianfranco baccelli
{K:21379} 10/7/2007
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It's avery good shot, my compliments!
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 10/2/2007
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wow!!! excellent macro shot dear AJ!!!!!
great details!!! very well done
all the best
Marian
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 9/30/2007
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Thanks Tony. This is the sort of comment I would love to receive all the time! I've been out again today photographing dragonflies with my 70-300 and tripod, having first made a careful study of DOF tables. On this basis, I went for something around F32. I still didn't get the shot I wanted, largely because at F32 the background is far too busy. I will seriously have to consider the 105 macro lens (Sigma OK, or do I really have to splash out and go for the Nikkor VR?)
BTW, I had already discovered that these creatures will come back again and again to the same place - I actually find them quite co-operative!
AJ
PS. Will look into the Cheese Festival, but we've got a livestock fair in Tarifa at the weekend and that should also be of great interest.
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Tony Smallman
{K:23858} 9/30/2007
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Very nice combination of colours and suitably o.o.f.background.It is slightly overexposed and rather too much of the insect is out of focus.What you needed here was a tripod and a 105mm macro lense.I've found that if you stay focussed on the twig they've just flown away from they invariably return to it!Just a question of not moving away in exasperation and putting up with consequent pains in the neck, back or both-it's the photo that's important after all!I'd go for the slow s.s.and f11 or there abouts.
Have a good week, Tony. Ps.there's an important Cheese Festival in Teba next Saturday / Sunday,I heard it was really good last year ,so if I can convince anyone else, we'll be there on Sunday morning.
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Robert Gaither
{K:34128} 9/29/2007
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I'd stay with a fast shutter speed because they move around a lot. You can't get down much with your apearture with that lens. Good bokeh but could be just a little sharper with the focus. You got to get lucky with these. I've had luck by just wanting and watching which spot they like to land in.
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 9/28/2007
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Thanks John. I had been wanting to find some of these to photograph for a while. Yesterday I went up into the mountains above Tarifa - many areas have been fenced off by the landowners, but if you're prepared to climb a few fences, you find yourself in some wonderful wild countryside. Which happened to be full of dragonflies yesterday. They were actually quite co-operative: I found that if they were not quite positioned right, I could wave at them, at which they would fly off and then come back again, with luck posing at a better angle. What I didn't work out, though, was how to get an improved DOF. Next time...
AJ
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John Hatz
{K:156973} 9/28/2007
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Excellent shot AJ....I'm dreamming to find a dragonfly once...but Crete island does not have...lot of lakes and rivers hehehe...so that will be difficult for me... :-D
Great colors my friend and good help from the rich sunlight.
Be well!
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Riny Koopman
{K:102911} 9/28/2007
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SUPERB :) such a beautiful Macro with fantastic detail.
Cheers,Rikus
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hdw Photography
{K:6630} 9/28/2007
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Nice macro AJ....just the focus point is more on the left wing than on the insects head...which is quite not all in focus....well done.
Best wishes
Hilton :)
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