After spending quite a bit of time standing on a rock in the middle of a swamp I was happy to have been able to capture these shots of Dragonflys.
I got many shots of them resting on bits of grass, but what I was really after was shots of them in flight.
I was using my 7D with an old ef-s 55-250mm lens.
Mate, I'm impressed. What is your technique for getting one in flight?
Thanks tnargs!
My technique was pretty simple. I stood very still in the swamp for a while and just watched the dragonflys. After a while I could see particular ones were always flying along the same path, as though they were patrolling their territory. After that it was a matter of setting the focal distance that worked for me, putting the 7D into high speed burst mode and then tracking the dragonfly through the viewfinder and taking bursts of shots when they fly into the correct zone. For every decent shot I had another 10 or so crap shots (I am so glad that I don't shoot on film).
There are probably better methods than this, but it worked for me.
And while I am posting in this thread I may as well add another couple of my animal shots
Male Eastern Water Dragon by
Idiot4Hire, on Flickr
Water Dragons Eye by
Idiot4Hire, on Flickr
Both of these were shot with my old 1100D with the ef-s 55-250mm lens. I took the first shot and he seemed to calm and placid so I decided to see how close I could get to him. As you can see, I got quite close!
