Oh.....patience Photo

Photographer’s Note

Patience - now why do i call this photo that? I was out testing Rabani's theory about getting close and personal to the subject. I observed this subject where it lands most of the time and slowly, slowly got nearer and nearer to it. I sweated and sweated as I had to move really slow ... (no thanks to rabani), held the camera to my eye, kept taking shots as I got nearer and nearer until it was full macro!

What did i learn?

I forgot to set to a higher speed :-( A lot of shots were not sharp, did not turn out well as I wanted it to be!
Some shots were taken at focal higher than 5.6 which wasn't necessary!
At that crucial moment, I wasn't fully in control of my camera! I wasn't really thinking ha ha as I was excited that I could get that close to it and it trusted me!
Anyway I think this is not bad for a start..
Thanks rabani for the tips!

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ls7902 (6180) 2007-08-18 5:37

Well done Tan. Your effort paid off. Great DOF & clarity. You sounded like you have momentarily archived nirvana or the state of oneness with your camera. Nice background green & a bit of bokeh. Regards. Latiff.

PS: Did you disable your Exif Data? I would like to see the focal length and ISO setting info.

adamchewts01 (838) 2007-08-19 3:25

Hi Tan,

Your patience did pay off with a good shoot. Just you may not be focusing on the face of the dragonfly. The wings is in the way. I think it should work the other way round. What do you think? Anyway this is paying off with your patience.

Adam

Warnzy (2) 2007-08-19 3:34

Hello Tan.

I think thhat you did really well here: dragonflies are difficult subjects and while you can with patience get quite cclose to them, they can disappear without a moment's notice. It's easy to get excited whan you have your subject in your sites, particularly when you know you have perhaps a matter of seconds to get your focus and composition right, avoid distracting backgrounds etc, and hopefully rattle off a few shots. I've missed loads of potentially good shots by panicing at the last moment, particularly when trying to get birds (or even worse, dragonflies) in flight. So very well done.

PJE (19437) 2007-08-19 12:24

Hi Tan. Thanks for stopping by. I have to comment on this one because I noticed that you used the same lens and camera that I presently own. I am simply amazed that you were able to capture this dragonfly this close. I hope you had the IS turned on for this. I would have chosen my 70-200 lens for this macro capture. The 17-85 lens as far as I know can only focus about a foot away. I am not sure about the macro option. At any rate the lighting here is excellent and the focus point on the dragon fly is well chosen. I have to say the results with the lens chosen is amazing. Good capture to say the least!

Greg1949 (8507) 2007-08-21 5:59

LC,

The shot is incredily well detailed, so clear and it seems that your efforts paid off well. The color is nice as well and the shallow dof I think makes the whole shot better. Nice work.

Greg