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Comment by Chrism8 posted on Becca in Cornwall at 20/10/2025 - 08:04
Thank you all for your excellent feedback.
Dragonflies are fairly easy to shoot, a warm bright day us ideal with little or no breeze. Watch them for a while and they pretty much return to the same spot and hover for a second or 2, enough time to pull the trigger.
Leave enough room to crop a little and allow or random movement.
1/2000 sec to freeze wing movement, 1/1600 sec to get movement in the wings, lens wide open and adjust the iso to suit.
Dragonflies are fairly easy to shoot, a warm bright day us ideal with little or no breeze. Watch them for a while and they pretty much return to the same spot and hover for a second or 2, enough time to pull the trigger.
Leave enough room to crop a little and allow or random movement.
1/2000 sec to freeze wing movement, 1/1600 sec to get movement in the wings, lens wide open and adjust the iso to suit.
Comment by Chrism8 posted on Dragonflies in flight at 04/10/2025 - 12:42
LennyBloke wrote:
Superb !!! Out of interest, what shutter speeds were you using?
1/2000 sec where the wings are frozen and 1/1600 with wing movement, all fully openSuperb !!! Out of interest, what shutter speeds were you using?
Comment by Chrism8 posted on Dragonflies in flight at 02/10/2025 - 16:31
From a day spent at the London WWT, All K3iii coupled with the 150 - 450mm - handheld
Comment by Chrism8 posted on Dragonflies in flight at 02/10/2025 - 14:27
SSF1957 wrote:
Both shots work well, but for me the colour version edges it because of the beautiful muted woodland hues. Close call though!
+1Both shots work well, but for me the colour version edges it because of the beautiful muted woodland hues. Close call though!
Comment by Chrism8 posted on Colour or Monochrome - which works for you? (My first Poll) at 18/09/2025 - 08:02
Mines been superb and has had some good hard use.
Comment by Chrism8 posted on LTD: Used Pentax DFA 150-450 for £799 at Cambrianphoto at 17/09/2025 - 17:25
Yep, I think that works well, for me there is a very slight distraction that catches the eye, edge of frame to the right of the exhausts, looks like the back of a bike mirror ?
Otherwise very good
Otherwise very good
Comment by Chrism8 posted on Out of Bounds at 17/09/2025 - 10:10
richandfleur wrote:
Was sitting on a car seat and slid off when braking from memory.
I have for a long while put the seat belt through the wrist strap on the camera with a twist or 2 around the lens to prevent this from occurring.Was sitting on a car seat and slid off when braking from memory.
Comment by Chrism8 posted on 150-450 mount snapped off! at 27/08/2025 - 06:54
All K1 with either the 24 - 70 F2.8 or a sigma 85mm F1.4