More Dragon Fly's

[deetheturk]

Three Dragon Fly's, all taken on different days! There are lots of these around at the moment, although there are not many colour variations. C&C Welcome


#1


#2


#3


Cheers David

[bnnrcn]

Very nice shots as always David Amazing details in #2.

[DanK]

Great images. What was your equipment for #3?

[ajohnw]

Great as usual David.

The only ones I have seen here would be more like birds in flight shots - 10m up and moving at speed and the very plain variety. I did see one in a very local nature reserve but it just wouldn't settle. Hardly any other insects at all though.

I'm curious if you use a tripod or what at these magnifications?

John
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[marlunn]

Great shots David, love the detail, fill in flash? I like #2 a lot - the perch is a great complimentary colour to the insect - they know where to pose !

[deetheturk]

Thanks for the kind comments Binnur

[deetheturk]

Cheers Dan, 2 and 3 were shot with an Mpe 65mm.

[deetheturk]

Thanks John, there are plenty here at the moment, lots of mating going on!

The shots are handheld #1 with a 100mm macro and #2 and#3 with an MPE 65mm macro, 2 and3 were between 1-1 and 2-1 mag.

Cheers David

[deetheturk]

Thanks Mark, yes diffused flash, they always like a perch that gives them great surrounding vision, ideal for a quick getaway

[IzzieK]

David...just enjoyed looking at your shots here...I like #1 -- reminds me of that fat lips woman (no name naming or I might be shot...) #2 is an excellent shot! Really! -- you did this one too close that we can all see how much hair he's got on his nose. I wonder if a tweezer will be appropriate to pluck them off? (love it when you smile...) Anyway, I love #3 best of all -- when we are talking of macro, THAT! my friend is the real MACRO -- all caps. All excellent shots.

[DanK]

2 and 3 were shot with an Mpe 65mm.

Thanks. So, my next question: roughly what is the minimum working distance at various magnifications? Adding tubes to a 100mm macro lens can get me to roughly 2:1, but even at that magnification, MWD is almost unmanageably small. I've assumed it has to be even worse with the MP-E 65, but I actually haven't been able to find the numbers for different magnifications.

[deetheturk]

Cheers Izzie, lol, you have done it again, being a man I get the hair on the nose thing, and here in Turkey my barber is always trying to pluck them out with his tweezer's I have now got wise to him and run my razor over it before I visit

[Shadowman]

Nice captures.

[John 2]

More great shots David. Any more room at the top of the first one? Just clipped the wing a bit and if there was that would be perfect.

[deetheturk]

Hi Dan, as you mentioned it gets very difficult the higher the mag which means quite a lot of images going into the trash can! However the keepers are usually good

The MP-E 65 has a scale on the barrel with working distances on it!





The other problem with this lens is, it is full time manual, which means you get no focus square lighting up, or beeping, when focus has been found, so for me anyway, it is a very hard lens to master!

Hope this helps bud.

David

[Stagecoach]

Well David I can only say WOW to No 3. You are going to find it hard to improve on these I suspect


Cheers, Grahame

[DanK]

Hi Dan, as you mentioned it gets very difficult the higher the mag which means quite a lot of images going into the trash can! However the keepers are usually good

The MP-E 65 has a scale on the barrel with working distances on it!





The other problem with this lens is, it is full time manual, which means you get no focus square lighting up, or beeping, when focus has been found, so for me anyway, it is a very hard lens to master!

Hope this helps bud.

David

David,

Thanks very much. the manual focus doesn't deter me. When I work with tubes, I usually pre-focus the lens and the try to achieve focus by moving the camera. What deters me are (1) the very short MWD, and (2) the even thinner DOF. For now, I think I will stick with tubes, and <= 2:1.

Dan

[deetheturk]

Cheers John

[deetheturk]

Thank's John, sorry no more room, this image is not cropped, the wind was blowing it all over the place, and from half a dozen shots this was the only one in focus

[deetheturk]

Cheers Grahame, think I will just hang my camera up now and take up knitting or something

David