Thanks Mark. You've inspired me to look at insects. I find the dragonlies quite fascinating. I've noticed that those in my garden seem to be largely of one variety -- the goldish type that I posted previously. At the Bloomfield Nature Center, I found that the various types seemed to each have claimed a locale. There was a group of the blue variety, a group of the red variet, and a group of green bodied insects that had only two wings but otherwise looked like dragonflies. Fascinating stuff. I may have to get an ID book. I'm sure there are many available. Paul
> Nice shot, Paul - the algae really does make for a good background, and > works good with the colors in the dragon. > > - MCC > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, MI > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:46 PM > Subject: PESO: Blue Dragon > > > >I was walking in a wooded area this afternoon hoping to shoot some birds > >when I came upon a creek covered with bright green algae. A number of > >dragon flies were flitting back and forth among some reeds in the creek. > >They were way too distant for a macro lens, and I had brought only my > >*istD, A400/5.6 and an A2X converter along on the walk. I also had the > >Sigma 500 Super mounted with the magnifier lens. I stuck the converter on > >the back of the lens and took some shots at 5.6, 1/1000, ISO 800 with high > >speed synch activated. I came away with some nice pics of red, green, and > >blue dragon flies. Here's the blue guy on a reed. The algae makes a great > >background. This is almost full frame with just a bit cropped off the ends > >of the frame. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3526907&size=lg > > Paul > > >
