Something slightly different today. I was watching the Dragonflies flying and dipping in the rive and decided it could be fun to photograph them. Well. What a challenge it was. I set myself up and sat there waiting for the action. They are so quick and never ever in the same place. I must have took 800 shots before nailing the technique and getting what I considered the perfect shot. I hope you enjoy.
I did say that yesterday would be the last picture for a while but I had a bit of time this morning so did one more.
Great capture Bambles! Have just donated two old but good Kodak film cameras to the charity shop ... someone may like to keep them for historical interest!
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Dragonflies and damselflies are challenging to photograph.
I can take hundreds of photos of one, and thankfully ( ) sorting is easy with so many blurred and missed shots.
A trick I use is to watch the flight pattern, sometimes they will return almost to the exact same spot (no AI or multimillion pound computer used either just a pure natural process).
If that is happening, set the camera up on a tripod, or hold very still, and using manual focus (no time wasted waiting for the AF to lock on) and watching through the viewfinder, I've had some lucky shots.
Mike
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