Posted on August 1, 2022
In a previous post I showed male Eastern Amberwing dragonflies in our gardens. On this post I am showing Female Eastern Amberwing dragonflies. The female Eastern Amberwing dragonflies have dark rusty-brown
wing patches. The males do not have these dark wing patches. All Images here were taken with a Canon 300mm f/4 lens with a 2x Canon Teleconverter on a Canon 1DmkIII.
Category: 300mm Canon f/4 lens, Blog, Bugs, Canon 1D MkIII, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Female Amberwing Dragonfly Tagged: Amberwings, Canon 1D MkIII, Canon 2X teleconverter, canon 300mm f/4 IS lens, canon 300mm f/4 lens, Eastern Amberwing, Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly, Eastern Female Amberwing Dragonfly, home gardens
Posted on July 27, 2022
Lately we have quite a few Eastern Amberwing Dragonflies in our yard. It is fun to watch them flying around in our gardens. For this post I am showing a series of Eastern Amberwing males. All images were taken with a Canon 300mm lens with a 1.4x teleconverter on a Canon 7D.
Category: 300mm Canon f/4 lens, Amberwing Male Dragonfly, Blog, Canon 7D, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Equipment, Insects, yard, yard & pond Tagged: Amberwings, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, canon 300mm f/4 IS lens, canon 300mm f/4 lens, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Eastern Amberwing, Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly, Male Amberwing, Male Eastern Amberwing dragonfly, yard, Yard Photo Subjects
Posted on July 22, 2022
On our visit to the Blackwater Natiional Wildlife Refuge I was concentrating on photographing Landscapes, Birds & Dragonflies. It is taking a while to go through all the Raw files so I will be posting a few each day from those categories. This post is showing images of Needhams Skimmer Female Dragonflies.
Category: 300mm Canon f/4 lens, Blackwater NWR, Blog, Canon 1.4X Teleconverter, Canon 7D, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Female Needham Skimmers Dragonfly, Needhams Skimmer Dragonfly Tagged: blackwater National Wildlife refuge, Blackwater NWR, Blackwater NWR Wildlife Drive, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, canon 300mm f/4 lens, Canon 7D, Canon Series III 1.4X Teleconverter, Female Needhams Skimmer Dragonfly, Female Skimmers Dragonflies, Needham Skimmer Dragonflies, Needhams Skimmer Dragonfly
Posted on March 17, 2022
Many times when I am out walking in a Wildlife Refuge to photograph birds I either cannot get close because they are high up in the trees or there are other things in the way to get close. Or they are flying some what in the distance. So if you are shooting “RAW” camera files such as Canon CR3 Raw files you can use “Enhance” in Photoshop to nicely uprez your images for severe cropping. Or if you want to really Print Large images. Works well for both applications. It also helps to run a noise reducing software after uprezzing. I had made my own Photoshop actions to uprez images but using “Enhance” in Photoshop is easier to use. The Featured Image is severely cropped from my “Enhanced” File. Sometimes I also use Nik Define software to remove some “noise” in the image if I am using a high ISO.
Category: Birds, Birds, birdscapes, Blog, canon R, Equipment, Lake Woodruff NWR, Lake Woodruff, DeLand Fl, Photo Tips, Tips & Techniques, Wildlife Tagged: "Enhance" feature in Photoshop, canon 300mm f/4 IS lens, canon 300mm f/4 lens, canon R, Lake Woodruff NWR, Lake Woodruff NWR Florida, Photographing birds in the distance, Photoshop Enhance, Photoshop Enhance for severe cropping images, Uprezzing images in Photoshop
Posted on August 2, 2020
It was very hot outside to go to a park, so I was looking for subjects in our gardens. There were a few Eastern Amberwing Dragonflies but they seemed very wary of my camera. Finally, after a while, they seemed to tolerate my presence so I was able to get some interesting shots. They are some of the smallest dragonflies, only a little under an inch long. So you have to get pretty close to get detailed images.
Eastern Amberwing, f/8, 1250 ISO, 300mm f4 lens, 1.4X teleconverter, Canon 7D
Eastern Amberwing, f/8, 1250 ISO, 300mm f4 lens, 1.4X teleconverter, Canon 7D
Eastern Amberwing, Obelisk Position, f/16, 1250 ISO, 300mm w/ 1.4X Teleconverter, Canon 7D
Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly, 4 Image focus stack for wingtips, 1250 ISO, handheld, 300mm with 1.4x teleconverter, Canon 7D
Category: Blog, Dragonflies, Favorite Locations, Image Stacking, Insects, Panorama & Stacked Images, Photo Tips, Stacked Images, yard & pond Tagged: canon 300mm f/4 lens, Canon 7D, Canon Series III 1.4X Teleconverter, Eastern Amberwing, Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly, Focus Stacking, image focus stacking, Male Eastern Amberwing dragonfly, photoshop focus stacking