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Trying my hand at dragonflies in flight
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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 833795" data-attributes="member: 50197"><p>Went back out to Cypress Gardens this morning to take some more dragonfly pictures. I was using my 200-500 in order to get some distance and had it mounted on my Z8. After taking a number of shots, I decided to try using the prerelease capture feature and try and capture some shots in flight. It worked, but I wasn't able to get any really sharp shots. Not sure if it was motion blur or out of focus. I'm thinking mostly the latter. I was shooting in full sun using 1/4000 sec SS and F11 to stop motion, and give me more DOF respectively. Most were shot around 1 stop underexposed because of the harsh lighting. I think that was a mistake, as most of the insects were underexposed. I think next time I go, I'll try using my 105 macro lens and see if I can get close enough. I might try some higher shutter speeds, and perhaps try and see if I can focus a little behind the dragonfly when it is perched to see if that will match it's position in flight.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, here are the best of the results. I did remove a little section of the stick it was perched on in a couple where it was distracting.</p><p></p><p>This one has the wings closest to the camera fairly sharp, while the rest of the insect is soft to blurry. I really like the fact that I was able to get the wasp that scared him off his perch in the shot.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]419852[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]419853[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]419854[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This one also has the set of wings close to the camera relatively sharp. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]419855[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 833795, member: 50197"] Went back out to Cypress Gardens this morning to take some more dragonfly pictures. I was using my 200-500 in order to get some distance and had it mounted on my Z8. After taking a number of shots, I decided to try using the prerelease capture feature and try and capture some shots in flight. It worked, but I wasn't able to get any really sharp shots. Not sure if it was motion blur or out of focus. I'm thinking mostly the latter. I was shooting in full sun using 1/4000 sec SS and F11 to stop motion, and give me more DOF respectively. Most were shot around 1 stop underexposed because of the harsh lighting. I think that was a mistake, as most of the insects were underexposed. I think next time I go, I'll try using my 105 macro lens and see if I can get close enough. I might try some higher shutter speeds, and perhaps try and see if I can focus a little behind the dragonfly when it is perched to see if that will match it's position in flight. Anyway, here are the best of the results. I did remove a little section of the stick it was perched on in a couple where it was distracting. This one has the wings closest to the camera fairly sharp, while the rest of the insect is soft to blurry. I really like the fact that I was able to get the wasp that scared him off his perch in the shot. [ATTACH type="full"]419852[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]419853[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]419854[/ATTACH] This one also has the set of wings close to the camera relatively sharp. [ATTACH type="full"]419855[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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