photoartflightPainted Skimmer Dragonfly
Posted on July 15, 2021
I was going through my backup hard drives cleaning out unneeded files when I found this image of a male Painted Skimmer Dragonfly. This was taken at my pond years ago with a 300mm f/4 lens on a Canon 7D. Image taken @ f/11 to try to get a little more detail in the far wingtips.
Great Spreadwing Damselfly
Posted on June 29, 2020
I was going through backup hard drives and found this image of a male Great Spreadwing Damselfly that was taken years ago at our home pond. I was using a Canon 70-300mm DO lens @300mm on a Canon 7D. I did not realize when I was photographing the Damselfy it was considered rare.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Posted on April 28, 2020
These were taken years ago at my pond in our old yard. I did not realize that when we removed a 20×40 ft pool and put in a large pond it would turn into my outdoor Macro & Wildlife Studio. Got lots of interesting images there. Also got to try many different techniques to photograph small subjects across the pond.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly – 400mm w/ 1.4X Teleconverter
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail On Butterfly Bush
Posted on July 19, 2018
I was going through older images to look for some colorful images to post on the blog. These were from my old home by my pond. This was on the other side of the pond probably 20 feet from my camera. Even with a 400mm lens the image would not have filled the frame like I wanted, so I started experimenting with different ways to get closer. So by adding a short extension tube, then a 1.4x teleconverter, then another extension tube I was able actually starting to get what I wanted in the frame. It took hours of experimenting with different sized extension tubes, teleconverters and teleconverter and extension tube placement for different results resulting in a large image on the camera’s sensor.
Mating Damselfies
Posted on July 26, 2016
There were quite a few damselflies buzzing around the pond, so I was waiting for them to come closer. Then I noticed these 2 mating on this plant close to where I was. They stayed for quite a while so I got a few images.
I like the movement in the wings on this one.
Water Lily Panorama
Posted on July 2, 2014
While photographing Dragonflies & Damselflies at my pond, I saw this Water Lily and liked the light on it. I only had my 400mm DO lens so I shot 5 frames handheld, then assembled them in Photoshop for my final image. Then back to the Dragonflies.
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