Favourite Photo Fiday 10/1/14

Something a bit different this week.  I like a bit of bug chasing for some macro photos, but rarely get time to do much of it these days when chasing after small people!

The other day (what we think is) a type of dragonfly landed on our watering pipes in the front yard and happily posed for photos for me. I love photos of dragonflies but they are hard to catch as they move pretty fast. This one let me get up pretty close and I got quite a few good pics.

If anyone knows exactly what it is, let me know! It's not as colourful as the normal dragonflies we see so maybe it's a different type or a female.  Anyway he/she is kind of cute :)

D7000 with Tamron 90mm f2.8 macro

ISO 500 focal length 90mm 

Exposure: 1/8000 @ f/2.8

D7000 with Tamron 90mm f2.8 macro

ISO 500 focal length 90mm 

Exposure: 1/1600 @ f/6.3

D7000 with Tamron 90mm f2.8 macro

ISO 500 focal length 90mm 

Exposure: 1/1000 @ f/11.0

Favourite Photo Friday - 5/7/13

I am still working my way through the editing of all the Fiji photos (got a bit side tracked with birthday party photos!).  However I should have them done in the next week and some posts about our time away.

Today's Friday photo is another Fiji one, but not a landscape (plenty of nice ones of those still to come). It's some macros of a dragonfly that was sitting on the washing line one day.  I've tried taking dragonfly macros before and they are quite tricky to do. I find bees and butterflies a bit easier as they tend to be more predictable to track and will rest on flowers for periods.  Dragonflies do tend to stop but they get spooked easily and move very, very fast when they move. It's not hard to get a photo of one, it's just hard to get a good macro (for me at least).

These 2 shots are far from perfect but they do show some of the amazing detail in the head and body. Dragonflies are very cute (and seem to come in an array of spectacular colours).  We get quite a few buzzing around our pond during Summer, but there are none to be seen at this time of year so I'll have to wait a few months to get another opportunity to photograph one!

D7000 with Tamron 90mm f2.8
ISO 320, focal length 90mm
Exposure: 1/3200 @ f/3.5

D7000 with Tamron 90mm f2.8
ISO 320, focal length 90mm
Exposure: 1/400 @ f/10