DragonFly Series

[Helmi2010]

Hi,

First darting Dragonflies with the 7D MK II.
Almost uncropped, both pictures with the EF 4.0 300mm L, ISO 320, F5 1/400 Sec.

_MGL6899 by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr

_MGL6864 by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr

We currently have a heat wave, many ponds have little water or have dried up. Last weekend it was very hot again... The Dragonflies were very active, almost no chance to get a picture.
Ultimately, I still had luck and a dragonfly flew slowly through the air.

Best regards

Helmut

 

[bjd]

Thought I might add this one to the thread. I used the 70-300L with 5D3 for the picture. Really looking forward to use the 100-400 V2 for this type of photography. I applied vignetting since the background was so boring.

I love the colours, and the plane of focus. IMHO a great shot.
Cheers Brian

 

[bjd]

Hi,

First darting Dragonflies with the 7D MK II.
Almost uncropped, both pictures with the EF 4.0 300mm L, ISO 320, F5 1/400 Sec.

_MGL6899 by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr

_MGL6864 by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr

We currently have a heat wave, many ponds have little water or have dried up. Last weekend it was very hot again... The Dragonflies were very active, almost no chance to get a picture.
Ultimately, I still had luck and a dragonfly flew slowly through the air.

Best regards

Helmut

Well worth the wait.
Cheers Brian

 

[Click]

Hi,

First darting Dragonflies with the 7D MK II.
Almost uncropped, both pictures with the EF 4.0 300mm L, ISO 320, F5 1/400 Sec.

We currently have a heat wave, many ponds have little water or have dried up. Last weekend it was very hot again... The Dragonflies were very active, almost no chance to get a picture.
Ultimately, I still had luck and a dragonfly flew slowly through the air.

Best regards

Helmut

Hi Helmut,

Excellent shots. Well done.

 

[bereninga]

Hi,

First darting Dragonflies with the 7D MK II.
Almost uncropped, both pictures with the EF 4.0 300mm L, ISO 320, F5 1/400 Sec.

We currently have a heat wave, many ponds have little water or have dried up. Last weekend it was very hot again... The Dragonflies were very active, almost no chance to get a picture.
Ultimately, I still had luck and a dragonfly flew slowly through the air.

Best regards

Helmut

Great photos! Thanks for sharing!

 

[arthurbikemad]

Some great photos! 8)

 

[sootzzs]

Some amazing photos! Especially the in-flight ones. Thought I'll add one of mine taken with EF-S 55-250 and selectively desaturated.

 

[DJL329]

Here are a pair of cropped shots I took a week apart, by the same pond. Maybe it was the same dragonfly? ???

Both shots were taken with the 5D III and 300mm f/4L IS + 1.4x TC II + Extension Tube.

Flickr by DJL329

Flickr by DJL329

 

[SeppOz]

One from the archives. Used a 400 f5.6 lens with extension tubes. I was shooting towards the sky with the wind was blowing and had to time it with a palm leaf flapping behind the dragon fly to block the sky. The dragon fly is actually shedding.

 

[LarryC1973]

3rd time trying to post? Here are a few images I captured in my back yard. Ef 100 2.8 Macro, ring flash

 

[Oceo]

In our garden.

 

[Oceo]

Another one in our garden; April, 2011.

 

[Click]

Another one in our garden; April, 2011.

Nice picture Oceo. Well done

 

[PKinDenmark]

So many good shots of these amazing creatures here. Thanks for sharing.
I dare to add a few of mine although this is not an area, where I have much experience.
These are recent shots from yesterday.
All Canon 6D with 100mm 2.8 L IS macro. ISO 800. Only a small amount of cropping applied.
- I and II at f/14, 1/320s
- III at f/5.6, 1/1250s

 

[joe_r]

Here is a dragonfly that was very patient with me on Friday. Two images stitched, using a canon 24-105 @105 with 56mm (I think) of extension tubes.

 

[dcm]

On a nature walk....

 

[IglooEater]

My, some folks have some serious skills to get a dragonfly in flight...

 

[Cog]

 

[Click]

Beautiful shots, Cog.

 

[greger]

Wonderful shots everyone. I have taken pics of Bees flying in our garden and a Hummingbird at the feeder we put up.
My wife has better pics of DragonFlys than I do. I will have to search and see if I have something to add here.