What’s Your Preference?

teedlepeep · #1 (**permalink**) 08-11-2009, 09:40 PM

This morning was the perfect type for the DF's and we had tons of them all over the back yard. Seeing as how I am still on my quest to get a dragon shot that I am happy with I decided to gather up all my gear and head on out into the sunshine. (yes, I know tough start to my day) I took tons of pics, had some of the most gorgeous guys out there. One was stunning in a deep vibrant red. A couple of them had the nicest wings with designs in them. And of course they all had that cute smile on their faces.

I came to many conclusions this morning regarding my quest...
such as cats and dogs are NOT helpful in any way shape or form in keeping the little dragons sitting in one spot for longer then a nano second
these little dragons are actually quite crafty and know exactly when you are about to take a pic and then they fly off at the precise moment you click the shutter
the number of them sitting in one spot for long enough to compose and focus corresponds directly to where the camera is ... camera not in my hands means tons of the are around, camera in my hand ready to go ... not so many

Here are some of my finds from my dragon quest today

a bees butt covered in pollen

a cute daddy long legs

I have no idea what the heck this is .... but we have these shells all over the place

this view finally called my name one to many times ... I gave up and hung out enjoying the sun for a long time this afternoon

My final conclusions for this day's photo shoot are not making me real happy. In order to get a macro shot of the bugs that I am ok with I have to use extension tubes and 2 timers and get super close to them. Much closer then the little dragon flies will let me. My zoom with the macro is a cheap lens that just isn't going to do what I want it to do. So, my dragon quest goes on the back burner til I can afford the new Nikon lens. Sigh ........

deudbus · #2 (**permalink**) 08-11-2009, 09:43 PM

Well, you may not have gotten any dragons, but you got some other awesome pictures.

jakethepig · #3 (**permalink**) 08-11-2009, 09:47 PM

Wow Sue, I just love your macro photgraphs. The daddy long legs is amazing, but so are all of them. Great work as always Sue.

Dave.

jack russell · #4 (**permalink**) 08-11-2009, 09:56 PM

hang on, I always thought they were "DANDY" long legs .. come on, not after all these years??? (Nice series well done BTW)

teedlepeep · #5 (**permalink**) 08-11-2009, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by deudbus

Well, you may not have gotten any dragons, but you got some other awesome pictures.

Thank You ! It was an interesting morning

Quote:

Originally Posted by jakethepig

Wow Sue, I just love your macro photgraphs. The daddy long legs is amazing, but so are all of them. Great work as always Sue.

Dave.

I appreciate that Dave !! And look my laptop is working for the moment. So I figured I would take advantage of it!! It is going in tomorrow or Thursday. God knows how long it will take them to fix it up this time.

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Originally Posted by jack russell

hang on, I always thought they were "DANDY" long legs .. come on, not after all these years??? (Nice series well done BTW)

Sorry they are Daddy long legs ..... I did look it up just to be sure

beachcomber · #6 (**permalink**) 08-11-2009, 10:11 PM

You never fail to impress with the quality of your pictures Susan and I'm sure there are many who empathise with you as you attempt to achieve goals, these pictures are top quality, job work

beach

Angelb · #7 (**permalink**) 08-11-2009, 10:44 PM

Your quest for dragonfly pics may not have been a success, but these are a great set of macro consolation pics. Great DOF. And what a great way to relax after a photo hunt.

Chewys Dad · #8 (**permalink**) 08-11-2009, 10:55 PM

Hi Susan! These are wonderful Captures and especially the Daddy Long legs, (I'm kind of partial to spiders ya know)
I use my Sigma 180mm macro, sometimes with a 1.4 extender when I'm going after DF's, that way I don't have to get so close. Next time lock the dogs and cats up. They really do scare of everything!!! I was in Thailand trying to get bird captures, and the two dogs with me kept chasing everything away.
I'm not sure, but I think the shell is a Dragonfly Nymph shell. kind of looks like this one.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/...cdb5a968_o.jpg
Probably why you have so many DF's around.
Thanks for Sharing these
Michael

Hayward Taylor · #9 (**permalink**) 08-11-2009, 11:17 PM

Hi Sue .. whatever happened - it was win win stituation for you ... you got these beautiful images and get to spend the afternoon reading and relaxing by the pool .. see - it wasn't all that bad ..