| John Baker |
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| 11/05/2008 17:01 |
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Just had a really great day! (9<100kb)
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Impressed with my results yesterday I went back today to have another go. I found that I was getting good results with my 400L fitted with an old Kenko 2x was really doing the business, this is the equivalent of 400 x 2 x 1.3 so equivalent of 1,040mm – these are all handheld, so no IS, I did have my old 550EX plus Lightsphere II on a bracket to give me a fighting chance – sorry to post so many, but these were only some of the best...
Started with some Damsels...
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Then I moved onto the dragonflies...
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Finally a couple of Dragons in flight – now these were not easy!!!
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| Overread |
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| 11/05/2008 17:11 |
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marvelous shots!
That lens works really well with the converter and those inflight ones much be harder to get than infight birds - great! Intersting to see that it appears thier rear wings beat faster than thier fore wings.
Seems you are having loads of fun with that lens!
| zx9 |
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| 11/05/2008 17:25 |
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You did have a good day John, some great shots there. No sign of them round here, we had them emerging (if that's the right word) on the iris in our pond last year, so I'm checking daily.
| GDN |
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| 11/05/2008 17:49 |
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Excellent photos once again.
| JonPotter |
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| 11/05/2008 18:56 |
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Great stuff, I've become a real fanof your work over the last few days! Nos. 6 & 7 are my personal favourites.
| aiwa_yamaha |
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| 11/05/2008 19:52 |
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Again excellent shots John. I bet the flight ones are really hard but have worked really well. Front on would be even better but you can't get everything ey. 7 is my favorite. Well done.
| Badgerman |
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| 11/05/2008 21:53 |
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Another great set of shots John, love the in flight ones..not easy to get those.
| bob58 |
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| 11/05/2008 22:11 |
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amazing,great shots
| sjaszczak |
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| 11/05/2008 22:39 |
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Fantastic shots. Both yours and Richard's work of late has been pretty inspiring.
| John Baker |
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| 11/05/2008 22:55 |
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Thanks for all the comments, these have given me a lot of enjoyment…
I will try to ID a couple, I am new to this, so corrections are very welcome!!
4 & 5 – Male/Blue- Libellula Depressa - Broad-Bodied Dragonfly
6 & 7 - Libellula Quadrimaculata - Four-Spotted Chaser Dragonfly
8 & 9 - Female/Yellow - Libellula Depressa - Broad-Bodied Dragonfly
| daft_biker |
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| 12/05/2008 12:05 |
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Great stuff John
4 and 6 are my faves but nice work getting the in-flight shots too 
| OneTen |
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| 12/05/2008 12:15 |
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Nice work John, I love the inflight shots.
Still no dragons around here. 