Re: Macro lens: Some insight needed!

[John Mustarde]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 16:15:26 -0800, you wrote:

>       Oh, and dragonflies.. just require some stalking and spending some time
>finding their favorite lookout point.  The ones with lookouts farthest from
>the water seem to be the easiest to shoot too (probably more tired or
>something).

Dragonflies love flash. It's a bright light source that
could possibly attract prey.

Just fire the flash (use the test button) in the
general vicinity of a dragonfly on its perch. It will
either stay in position and motionless for several
minutes, or move away then come back near the flash
source fairly quickly.

Most everything anyone needs to know about macro
photography in the field is covered in Shaw's book
called, I think, Closeups in Nature.
-- 
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