Posted on May 29, 2020
I was photographing this female Green Darner dragonfly that was busy laying eggs in a small pond. It spent a large amount of time doing this so I had plenty of time to photograph the activity. It covered a very large area in this fairly small pond. The featured image is a 2 image panorama to get the reflection of the Darner in the image also. The Darner seemed to be spreading the eggs in a very wide area around the small pond. I was using a Canon 400mm DO lens & some images were shot with an extension tube to focus this close on the female Darner dragonfly when it came too close for my minimum focus distance.
Category: Blog, Dragonflies, Favorite Locations, Insects, Nature Still Lifes, Panorama & Stacked Images, Stacked Images, yard & pond Tagged: Canon 400 f/4 DO lens, canon extension tube, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Dragonfly Panorama, Dragonflys, Green Darner Dragonfly, Green Darner Dragonfly laying eggs, Panorama
Posted on September 6, 2019
I like using a few different camera systems depending on what I am shooting. Or more likely, what I want to carry & lug around. If I am at a location working near the car, that is not usually a problem. But sometimes I just like walking around, but still want to photograph some interesting subjects that I might come across. Here I am using one of my m43 camera bodies with an adapted old style Canon FD 200mm Macro lens. On m43 cameras it is sort of equivalent (in easy terms) of using a 400mm macro an a full frame body. Instead of going to 1X magnification, because of the crop factor of the m43 system the FOV (Field Of View) is ~2X. This is a 3 image panorama. Luckily the Damsel co-operated for me.
Damselfly – Single Image
Damselfly 4img (overlapping) Focus Stack
Category: Blog, Favorite Locations, Macro Photography, Panoramas, Photo Tips, Stacked Images, Tips & Techniques, yard & pond Tagged: adapting lenses, Canon FD 200mm f/4 macro, Damselfly, Dragonfly Panorama, Focus Stacking, image blending, Image stack. image stacking, m43 panasonic, yard, yard & pond