Hawker, Darter, Copper
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:13 pm
Hawker, Darter and Small Copper at Three Sisters Recreation Area - Wigan. Taken this afternoon...
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:36 pm
That is one heck of a macro lens there - most impressive !
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Martin
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Martin
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:14 pm
Wow, what superb photos. How close do you have to get to get such fantastic pictures?
Robin
Robin
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:06 pm
I was about 1m from the Hawker, 20cm from the darter, and about 50cm from the butterfly.Robin Turner wrote:Wow, what superb photos. How close do you have to get to get such fantastic pictures?
Robin
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:57 am
That's amazing. At the moment I have a 100-400 zoom lens that focuses down to 6ft so that's as close as I can get and even then some insects fly off.
It's a pity we live so far apart, I would love to study your fieldcraft to see how you can get so close.
Robin
It's a pity we live so far apart, I would love to study your fieldcraft to see how you can get so close.
Robin
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:30 pm
What fantastic photos! Well done. Cheers Gill
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:59 pm
superb photos Hoy, what lenses are you using?, I use a Canon 100 mm f4 macro lens, but working distances can be too close to the subject , then it flies off, dragonflies are usually never in the right place to get very close , well done
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:12 pm
Hi Oy
My congrats too - great pictures.
And Robin has hit the nail on the head when he mentions fieldcraft. Too many people think that you can simply point a camera at a butterfly, pull the trigger and get a top photograph. Knowing your butterfly and its behaviour patterns greatly increases your chances of success! There is absolutely no substitute for fieldcraft.
Alex.
My congrats too - great pictures.
And Robin has hit the nail on the head when he mentions fieldcraft. Too many people think that you can simply point a camera at a butterfly, pull the trigger and get a top photograph. Knowing your butterfly and its behaviour patterns greatly increases your chances of success! There is absolutely no substitute for fieldcraft.
Alex.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:48 pm
For these shots I used the excellent Sigma 150mm EX DG Macro.BRIAN wrote:superb photos Hoy, what lenses are you using?
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:48 pm
Absolutely!alex mclennan wrote: There is absolutely no substitute for fieldcraft.
Alex.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:21 pm
Hi Hoy, I can see the advantage of the extra working distance you get with the 150mm lens, one last question did you use flash on the darter? noticed a highlight on the eye, but there is no light fall off in the background
excellant photos
excellant photos
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:01 am
No flash Hbrian. 
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:35 am
ho, ho, hoy
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:02 pm
Very nice pics. It's interesting that the hawker, a male southern, has reached Wigan. Do you see them regularly there nowadays?
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:33 am
I've had Southern Hawker up here in sunny Northumberland this month, a bit further North than Wigan
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:47 am
Yes - I've been seeing Southern Hawkers here for a few years now.
I photographed on in the Lake District a few years back too!
I photographed on in the Lake District a few years back too!
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:09 am
Well done Oy 