Yellow Dragon (145KB)

[molucca]

I have trying to photo this one all summer. Rich

[molucca]

I have trying to photo this one all summer. Rich

[OklaEd]

Great dragonfly Rich! How do you get them to pose for a macro shot? I always scare them off.

[molucca]

Ed,

I don't really know. I have been trying to photo this type for months. Today, it hovered in the garden for several hours. Dragonflys seem to like moisture in the air, and we had watered the garden. I haven't been able to photograph a blue dragonfly. They never seem to land. the damselflys flew away whenever I got close. then sometimes they would pose. The red ones posed for hours. Butterflys do the same thing. At times they are there for a second, and other times they stay for long times.

Just keep a camera at hand and be ready for the moment.

Rich

[glenngosack]

Here's a dragon fly my daughter shot in Hawaii a few weeks ago..

Glenn

[molucca]

Looks very much like the red dragonflys I see here. I like the color, especially the eyes. Rich

[molucca]

This is much like the red dragonfly except for the color. Rich

[molucca]

I think this is the same dragonfly, but more red in color. I have changed the camera exposure value one unit to prevent a slight over exposure as suggested by Mike Engles. The colors appear more rich and saturated.

Rich

[rebel07]

very nice pictures..i would try my hand at another dragonfly but we dont get that many down here.
just out of curiosity, what kind of camera do you use?

[molucca]

Olympus E10. I just bought a macro conversion that will get to 4 inches. Standard macro is about 8 inches. It has a 36 mm lense, and I think it is 3X. When I set it to manual, I use F8 and 125th of a second. I saw that your shot was at F4.5. Looks like your camera is good at focusing. I was trying to reduce the aperature to get a better depth of field and sharper image. It would require additional flash to keep from having a longer exposure time. Although in manual, I don't have a problem with the camera setting the exposure time in reference to the background. When I was shooting against a dark background, the subject was getting blown out.

I am still trying to photograph a large blue dragonfly. I have never seen one land. There have been a few in the garden, but they are quick, and I never can focus on them.

Rich