Re: robber fly with damselfly

2019-07-01 Thread Henk Terhell
Thanks Larry Henk Op 2019-07-01 om 18:18 schreef l...@red4est.com: Great shot! On July 1, 2019 12:59:32 AM PDT, Henk Terhell wrote: Last week I saw these two on  a stalk and I didn't realize immediately what was happening. When I tried to shoot closer they disappeared in one flight. Robber f

Re: robber fly with damselfly

2019-07-01 Thread lrc
Great shot! On July 1, 2019 12:59:32 AM PDT, Henk Terhell wrote: >Last week I saw these two on  a stalk and I didn't realize immediately >what was happening. >When I tried to shoot closer they disappeared in one flight. >Robber flies stab and inject toxins which paralyze their victims. >https://

Re: robber fly with damselfly

2019-07-01 Thread Henk Terhell
Thanks Dan and Paul. Henk Op 2019-07-01 om 15:44 schreef Daniel J. Matyola: Fascinating scene, with gorgeous detail! Well captured and presented. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 4:00 AM Henk Terhell wrote: Last week I saw these two on

Re: robber fly with damselfly

2019-07-01 Thread Henk Terhell
Sure, Mac Damselfly Tonight. Henk Op 2019-07-01 om 16:33 schreef Alan C: Sort of insect "Mack the Knife"! Alan C On 01-Jul-19 09:59 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: Last week I saw these two on  a stalk and I didn't realize immediately what was happening. When I tried to sh

Re: robber fly with damselfly

2019-07-01 Thread Alan C
Sort of insect "Mack the Knife"! Alan C On 01-Jul-19 09:59 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: Last week I saw these two on  a stalk and I didn't realize immediately what was happening. When I tried to shoot closer they disappeared in one flight. Robber flies stab and inject toxins which paralyze their vi

Re: robber fly with damselfly

2019-07-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Fascinating scene, with gorgeous detail! Well captured and presented. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 4:00 AM Henk Terhell wrote: > Last week I saw these two on a stalk and I didn't realize immediately > what was happening. > When I tried t

Re: robber fly with damselfly

2019-07-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Fascinating! Nice shot. Paul > On Jul 1, 2019, at 3:59 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: > > Last week I saw these two on a stalk and I didn't realize immediately what > was happening. > When I tried to shoot closer they disappeared in one flight. > Robber flies stab and inject toxins which paralyze th

robber fly with damselfly

2019-07-01 Thread Henk Terhell
Last week I saw these two on  a stalk and I didn't realize immediately what was happening. When I tried to shoot closer they disappeared in one flight. Robber flies stab and inject toxins which paralyze their victims. https://flic.kr/p/2gjNrT5 Henk -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: another spread-winged damselfly

2018-08-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
It's all eyes and Wings! great image, Henk. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 4:26 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: > A lot of activity these days of the damselflies around a ditch bordering > my backyard. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/mxer/431039

Re: PESO: another spread-winged damselfly

2018-08-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice. I thought damselflies have only two wings and dragonflies have four. Apparent not. A very delicate creature, well captured. Paul > On Aug 14, 2018, at 6:35 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > Nicely unique keeper, Subash! > > J > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 14, 2018, at 1:58 AM, Toin

Re: PESO: another spread-winged damselfly

2018-08-14 Thread Jack Davis
Nicely unique keeper, Subash! J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 14, 2018, at 1:58 AM, Toine wrote: > > Nice point of view! > > Toine > >> On 14 August 2018 at 10:34, Subash Jeyan wrote: >> >> On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:26:32 +0200 >> Henk Terhell wrote: >> >>> A lot of activity these days of th

Re: PESO: another spread-winged damselfly

2018-08-14 Thread Toine
Nice point of view! Toine On 14 August 2018 at 10:34, Subash Jeyan wrote: > On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:26:32 +0200 > Henk Terhell wrote: > > > A lot of activity these days of the damselflies around a ditch > > bordering my backyard. > > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/mxer/43103990365/ > > that'

Re: PESO: another spread-winged damselfly

2018-08-14 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:26:32 +0200 Henk Terhell wrote: > A lot of activity these days of the damselflies around a ditch > bordering my backyard. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/mxer/43103990365/ that's quite a lovely angle... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/ma

PESO: another spread-winged damselfly

2018-08-14 Thread Henk Terhell
A lot of activity these days of the damselflies around a ditch bordering my backyard. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mxer/43103990365/ Henk -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: PESO - Damselfly

2013-08-29 Thread knarf
heers, frank Mark C wrote: >NIce shot, Frank. I like how the damsel is illuminated - looks >luminous. >I've always been a fan of the 18-55's close focusing ability. > >Mark > >On 8/28/2013 10:08 PM, knarf wrote: >> This is so damned frustrating. Down by the Lake

Re: PESO - Damselfly

2013-08-29 Thread knarf
trating. Down by the Lake a couple of weeks >ago. Light perfect. Damselfly on a big backlit dewey leaf. >> >> No macro on me. >> >> He sat still for about a minute. I got several shots with the 18-55 >kit zoom. This was the best of them: >> >> http://knarfd

Re: PESO - Damselfly

2013-08-29 Thread Mark C
NIce shot, Frank. I like how the damsel is illuminated - looks luminous. I've always been a fan of the 18-55's close focusing ability. Mark On 8/28/2013 10:08 PM, knarf wrote: This is so damned frustrating. Down by the Lake a couple of weeks ago. Light perfect. Damselfly on a b

Re:PESO - Damselfly

2013-08-29 Thread Don Guthrie
Frank, I think you did a nice job with the equipment at hand and I like the colors. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 3 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:08:19 -0400 From: knarf To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Damselfly Message-ID:<681f845c-113d-4616-9c93-e050ec

Re: PESO - Damselfly

2013-08-29 Thread Bruce Walker
PM, knarf wrote: > This is so damned frustrating. Down by the Lake a couple of weeks ago. Light > perfect. Damselfly on a big backlit dewey leaf. > > No macro on me. > > He sat still for about a minute. I got several shots with the 18-55 kit > zoom. This

Re: PESO - Damselfly

2013-08-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
o. Light > perfect. Damselfly on a big backlit dewey leaf. > > No macro on me. > > He sat still for about a minute. I got several shots with the 18-55 kit > zoom. This was the best of them: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/08/damsel-fly.html?m=1 > > But I wou

Re: PESO - Damselfly

2013-08-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That's quite nice, Frank. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:08 PM, knarf wrote: > This is so damned frustrating. Down by the Lake a couple of weeks ago. Light > perfect. Damselfly on a big backlit dewey leaf. > > No macro

Re: PESO - Damselfly

2013-08-28 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting knarf : This is so damned frustrating. Down by the Lake a couple of weeks ago. Light perfect. Damselfly on a big backlit dewey leaf. No macro on me. He sat still for about a minute. I got several shots with the 18-55 kit zoom. This was the best of them: http

Re: PESO - Damselfly

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Nice job in tough circumstances I'd say framing is everything ann On 8/28/2013 22:08, knarf wrote: This is so damned frustrating. Down by the Lake a couple of weeks ago. Light perfect. Damselfly on a big backlit dewey leaf. No macro on me. He sat still for about a minute. I got se

PESO - Damselfly

2013-08-28 Thread knarf
This is so damned frustrating. Down by the Lake a couple of weeks ago. Light perfect. Damselfly on a big backlit dewey leaf. No macro on me. He sat still for about a minute. I got several shots with the 18-55 kit zoom. This was the best of them: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/08

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-07-07 Thread Alan C
Hi Mark. I wondered how you did it. You'll never make a magician, giving away tricks like that! Alan C -Original Message- From: Mark C Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 6:42 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly On 7/3/2013 12:32 PM,

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-07-07 Thread Mark C
On 7/3/2013 12:32 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sun, Jun 23, 2013, Mark C wrote: I just used a low tech approach for the damselfly and set the camera to continuous shooting, focused, and then pivoted in and out as the frames snapped off. So you had the focus locked and were moving the camera

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-07-03 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013, Mark C wrote: > > I just used a low tech approach for the > damselfly and set the camera to continuous shooting, focused, and > then pivoted in and out as the frames snapped off. So you had the focus locked and were moving the camera? (Just making sure I un

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
gt; To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly > > I visited a prime dragonfly location yesterday, but the cool temps, > gusty winds and overcast skies did not make for a high volume shoot. I > got 3 nice shots which are here: >

RE: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-26 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
--- From: Mark C Sent: June 22, 2013 6/22/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly I visited a prime dragonfly location yesterday, but the cool temps, gusty winds and overcast skies did not make for a high volume shoot. I got 3 nice shots whic

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-23 Thread Christine Aguila
es did not make for a high volume shoot. I got 3 nice > shots which are here: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php?blog=2 > > Permalink: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/june-odonata-2013 > > The last shot on the post - the Bluet

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php?blog=2 Permalink: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/june-odonata-2013 The last shot on the post - the Bluet Damselfly - is a departure for me because it is a focus stacked composition of 16 separate shots. This was compiled in Photoshop. The focus

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-23 Thread Mark C
ble for moving subjects and also does not have Pentax support (though that is limited only to the shutter release cable and it would seem that it might be possible to kludge one of the supported cables together with a Pentax cable or IR remote.) I just used a low tech approach for the damselfly and set

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-23 Thread John Sessoms
/index.php/june-odonata-2013 The last shot on the post - the Bluet Damselfly - is a departure for me because it is a focus stacked composition of 16 separate shots. This was compiled in Photoshop. The focus stacking tool there had seemed to be useless to me because it was such a PITA to manually

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-23 Thread Bruce Walker
ime dragonfly location yesterday, but the cool temps, gusty >>> winds and overcast skies did not make for a high volume shoot. I got 3 nice >>> shots which are here: >>> >>> http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php?blog=2 >>> >>> Permalink:

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-23 Thread Mark C
nice shots which are here: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php?blog=2 Permalink: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/june-odonata-2013 The last shot on the post - the Bluet Damselfly - is a departure for me because it is a focus stacked composition of 16 separate s

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-23 Thread Rick Womer
Beautiful.  I'll have to look up this focus stacking thing... Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Mark C To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 8:37 PM Subject: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly I visited a prime drag

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-22 Thread Jack Davis
Nice images. Damselfly is particularly crisp and clean. Jack - Original Message - From: Mark C To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 5:37 PM Subject: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly I visited a prime dragonfly location yesterday, but the cool temps

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
3 nice > shots which are here: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php?blog=2 > > Permalink: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/june-odonata-2013 > > The last shot on the post - the Bluet Damselfly - is a departure for me > because i

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-22 Thread Darren Addy
>> >> Permalink: >> >> http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/june-odonata-2013 >> >> The last shot on the post - the Bluet Damselfly - is a departure for me >> because it is a focus stacked composition of 16 separate shots. This was >> com

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
are here: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php?blog=2 > > Permalink: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/june-odonata-2013 > > The last shot on the post - the Bluet Damselfly - is a departure for me > because it is a focus stacked compos

Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-22 Thread Mark C
-odonata-2013 The last shot on the post - the Bluet Damselfly - is a departure for me because it is a focus stacked composition of 16 separate shots. This was compiled in Photoshop. The focus stacking tool there had seemed to be useless to me because it was such a PITA to manually stack images

Re: Damselfly

2009-04-28 Thread Ken Waller
..as for the rest it was purely serendipitous. I assumed as much & only mentioned it as another thing to keep in mind at the next such opportunity. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "John Whittingham" Subject: RE: Damse

RE: Damselfly

2009-04-28 Thread John Whittingham
...@peoplepc.com] Sent: 27 April 2009 22:17 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Damselfly Nice subect, exposure & focus but I find the composition a bit of a concern - the proximity of the wing to the LH edge (needs more space to the edge) & the unfortunate intersection of the tail with th

Re: Damselfly

2009-04-27 Thread Ken Waller
ler http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "John Whittingham" Subject: PESO: Damselfly Waiting in a hide Sunday afternoon in the hope that a Kingfisher or Heron would make an appearence, when this little critter appeared on a branch in front of me. I had the Tam

RE: PESO: Damselfly

2009-04-27 Thread John Whittingham
Thanks Ann, glad you like it. Best regards, John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele [ann...@nyc.rr.com] Sent: 27 April 2009 19:13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Damselfly John Whittingham

Re: PESO: Damselfly

2009-04-27 Thread ann sanfedele
John Whittingham wrote: Waiting in a hide Sunday afternoon in the hope that a Kingfisher or Heron would make an appearence, when this little critter appeared on a branch in front of me. I had the Tamron 90 with me but decided I may miss the opportunity if I went for a lens change, besides 9

RE: PESO: Damselfly

2009-04-27 Thread John Whittingham
Thanks Luiz, much appreciated. Best regards. John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Luiz Felipe [luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br] Sent: 27 April 2009 16:10 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Damselfly Very good

RE: PESO: Damselfly

2009-04-27 Thread John Whittingham
heria...@gmail.com] Sent: 27 April 2009 15:33 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Damselfly On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:28 AM, John Whittingham wrote: > Waiting in a hide Sunday afternoon in the hope that a Kingfisher or Heron > would make an appearence, when this little critter ap

Re: PESO: Damselfly

2009-04-27 Thread Luiz Felipe
Very good! Impressive... LF John Whittingham escreveu: Waiting in a hide Sunday afternoon in the hope that a Kingfisher or Heron would make an appearence, when this little critter appeared on a branch in front of me. I had the Tamron 90 with me but decided I may miss the opportunity if I wen

Re: PESO: Damselfly

2009-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:28 AM, John Whittingham wrote: > Waiting in a hide Sunday afternoon in the hope that a Kingfisher or Heron > would make an appearence, when this little critter appeared on a branch in > front of me. I had the Tamron 90 with me but decided I may miss the > opportunity i

RE: PESO: Damselfly

2009-04-27 Thread John Whittingham
livan [rf.sulli...@gmail.com] Sent: 27 April 2009 15:07 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Damselfly John, That's a wonderful image. The details are something we don't often see. I don't think you needed the macro... Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Joh

Re: PESO: Damselfly

2009-04-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, That's a wonderful image. The details are something we don't often see. I don't think you needed the macro... Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 8:28 AM, John Whittingham wrote: > Waiting in a hide Sunday afternoon in the hope that a Kingfisher or Heron > would make an appearence, wh

PESO: Damselfly

2009-04-27 Thread John Whittingham
Waiting in a hide Sunday afternoon in the hope that a Kingfisher or Heron would make an appearence, when this little critter appeared on a branch in front of me. I had the Tamron 90 with me but decided I may miss the opportunity if I went for a lens change, besides 90mm would have been a little