Great samples. Thanks for the info.R5 + 100-500mm for DIF. ...
I got ones in real flight and the AF locked on against a cleaner background and didn't let go. Here's a selection, and I wasn't focussing on where I knew they were going to return etc, but these were real in flight pics.
No idea. Both look great.The Demoiselles are showing off everywhere
Guess which one was taken with the R5/100-500mm and D850/500mmPF.
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Damn it : my English is really poor!!! I didn't get it...I assume you mean the 100-500 Because the use of plural made me wonder momentarily about the availability of insects Sorry I could not resist
At close look the first one seems better to me. On other hand I'm sure you know it's hardly "scientific" comparison... Second one is shallow in DOF.The Demoiselles are showing off everywhere
Guess which one was taken with the R5/100-500mm and D850/500mmPF.
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This is from not less than 2.2 meters (the MFD of 200-500). Cropped. Can't beat your photo by any means but to snap occasional photo of a Dragonfly when hunting birds is kind of advantage for me... Off course to see some detail you have to zoom into the photo (or I have to crop even more). The things are changing when you try DIF!Sometimes they are very relaxed.
I even got closer last year
Eos R and Laowa 60mm Macro @mfd, MT24, uncroped
Iso 800, 1/500s, f/?
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It’s not a case of “beat”, though I know you don’t really mean that. It‘s nice occasionally to see a macro of an eye but I like in general a whole insect in less detail but mainly in focus and beautifully posed.This is from not less than 2.2 meters (the MFD of 200-500). Cropped. Can't beat your photo by any means but to snap occasional photo of a Dragonfly when hunting birds is kind of advantage for me... Off course to see some detail you have to zoom into the photo (or I have to crop even more). The things are changing when you try DIF!
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I forgot to mention mfd is about 0.05m frontelement to subject.This is from not less than 2.2 meters
Beautiful picture. Lovely background.This is from not less than 2.2 meters (the MFD of 200-500). Cropped. Can't beat your photo by any means but to snap occasional photo of a Dragonfly when hunting birds is kind of advantage for me... Off course to see some detail you have to zoom into the photo (or I have to crop even more). The things are changing when you try DIF!
Really nice! As Louis Pasteur said, luck favours the person with a prepared camera.
Nice shot! How did you track it?
Thank you.Nice shot! How did you track it?
I guessed so as it's so damned difficult to focus on them in random mid-flight. I was lucky that I was tracking the Emperor and the Chaser took over.Thank you.
It was returning to its raised hide. I did focus on that branch, aiming over and through the OVF and when it approached I did fire away.
I have another sequence with a story behind it, but I'll have to pp the pics first.