Dragonflys and damselflys 2023

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  • Taken from my post over in chat - tea rooms. Subject, moving to mirrorless.
    "The picture of the bee was taken with my R7 and my new Canon RF 100-500 lens. I use Lightroom now to "Process" my images in a basic way. In other words, I import the picture, use the new denoise feature and crop the image to a size I like and hope you like it too. I then use the "Auto" function to set up all the levels etc. I have to tweak the sliders to get my finished photo. I use the slide and hope method as I have no idea of what the all do. I use the denoise feature as the R7's sensor is not that good in lower light conditions. I used to use Topaz Denoise AI and moved to Photo AI but stopped when Adobe introduced the denoise feature in Lightroom. I have a lot to learn yet. Youtube has been a great start to my photo adventure."

    Hope this helps Mr Kes. :-)
    Ed
  • The hardest part of photographing this extremely patient dragonfly was to find it and get it in frame. It was a tiny target against a very cluttered background.

    I normally get a subject in frame by lining up the top of the camera's hot shoe with the top of the Sigma lens's hood, leaving about a half inch gap. Problem - it only works for objects several tens of yards away. Not a tiny dragonfly 15 feet away. Light conditions were overcast but bright. Can't win them all.

    90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.

  • Lovely photos Angus. Is that a Common Darter?
  • I have no idea, Ed.

    My dragonfly recognition skills are worse than my bird recognition skills.

    90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.

  • Looks like it to me, Ed
  • Err, one of these, whatever it is.

    90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.

  • Back out in the garden today.  Managed to snap this lovely dragonfly.  I think it is a "Ruddy Darter".  If not, hopefully someone will identify it. Slight smile

    Regards to you all. Ed

  • Yes that is a ruddy darter. Nice photo. Thanks for sharing 

  • Sorry I never saw this response. I would like to use lightroom. Probably isn’t cheap to buy. At the moment I don’t do any editing on my photos. Would like to get into it.
  • it’s been quiet on the dragonfly front. Fairly sure this is a common darter. But could be wrong. 

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