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Eyes Open Wide
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Copyright: Rabani HMA (rabani) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1333 W: 1 N: 3182] (9238)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-12
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Canon 40D, EF 17-40 f/4 L USM
Exposure: f/4, 1/4096 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-13 17:36
Viewed: 554
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
How do you shoot something that seems to be either stationary for most of the time but unpredictable of what set it zipping away for no apparent reason and then dashing back to where it was before?

You wait with your right eye through the viewfinder at what you focus while your left eye "over viewing" the whole scene. It can get a bit dizzy doing this. What you see is the whole scene with a "magnified" portion of it "superimposed" in your vision.

The assignment was to shoot subject in mid flight or just about when it's about to land. It's about your best guess of what your subject is going to do and getting it .

The location was the botany park below the Sabah State Museum. In the park is a small man made lake, populated with damselflies and dragonflies zipping and fluttering on among water plants and dry twigs on its bank. This gives ample opportunity for macro photographers to practice shooting action shots of insects in motion.
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wow...i saw you were mentioned in the TE Forum and got curious and all I can say is that all of your photos are awesome and work of art. I've also check the critiques/comments you made to TE members and I must say that you write eloquently. To me you are a rare find. I hope I will learn some of your techniques through your photos.

Assalamualaikum Rabani. I'll have to agree with digitalmatrix your critiques that have been eloquently written in TE and TL.
What you have here is an excellent TL and TN image capturing the Neurothemis fluctuans in perfect perch with the incoming skimmer homing in full spread wings. The shutter flapped at 4000th of a second made this shot possible using the wide angle lens. I have yet to capture this species in flight but I managed a decent shot at a butterfly homing on a flower. Very well done and I'll definitely try your suggested technique here. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week ahead. Best regards. Jusni

Hi Rabani,

1/4096 secs?? That is a superfast shutter speed. What ISO did you use to achieve this amazing clarity in photo?

TFS.

Regards,
Alvin

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