The lens is long but not fast with a maximum aperture of 4.5-5.6 ... but the camera , a Nikon D750 can take clean pictures at high ISO and shoot up to 5 frames/second.
With the same lens on my D500, I can shoot at much higher ISO at 10 frames/ second.
Going up to the mountain in the morning for more pictures and fishing.
It is difficult to get good photos of Dragonflies because of the transparency of the wings that allows backgrounds to show through; of course, that's nature's way of making them somewhat inconspicuous.
Tomorrow morning I hope to photograph other species of Dragonflies, and, I have been in contact with the Project that banded the eagle I photographed last week. I have been requested to try and get a picture showing the code on the band.
Ms. Clark (e-mail below) said the green band on the eagle I photographed indicates a 5 year old individual that was banded in New Jersey.
Last summer I found part of a stream back in a forest with which I had been previously unfamiliar.
I posted pictures I took there and recall they were well-received; I am about to go to that part of the forest where I think I entered and try to find that stream again to photograph with my new lenses.
Drag yourself away from the FP long enough to de-bug yourself.
Wow! Just wow!
You took the words right out of my mouth. When I first saw that photo, what went through my head was "Wow, fantastic."
She's beautiful! How long did you have to wait until she was "still"?
How long did you have to wait until she was "still"?
Shot at 1/4000 of a second … at virtually any stillness on Elisa's part, the wait was minimal.
Wow!!!! It certainly pays to have a fast lens feature...
It's a lovely picture A. Mac!
The lens is long but not fast with a maximum aperture of 4.5-5.6 ... but the camera , a Nikon D750 can take clean pictures at high ISO and shoot up to 5 frames/second.
With the same lens on my D500, I can shoot at much higher ISO at 10 frames/ second.
Going up to the mountain in the morning for more pictures and fishing.
I am a lucky dude!
That is way too cool Mac.
Beautiful and stunning.
Posted a second Dragonfly … different species.
It is difficult to get good photos of Dragonflies because of the transparency of the wings that allows backgrounds to show through; of course, that's nature's way of making them somewhat inconspicuous.
Third shot … the caption explains it.
Tomorrow morning I hope to photograph other species of Dragonflies, and, I have been in contact with the Project that banded the eagle I photographed last week. I have been requested to try and get a picture showing the code on the band.
Ms. Clark (e-mail below) said the green band on the eagle I photographed indicates a 5 year old individual that was banded in New Jersey.
Makes it even more worthwhile to me.
Kathleen Clark, CWB
Endangered and Nongame Species Program
NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife
2201 Route 631, Woodbine, NJ 08270
Tel: 609-628-1605
Fax: 609-628-2734
www.NJFishandWildlife.com/ensphome.htm
Kathy.Clark@dep.nj.gov
All of the photos are just great.
How did Ms. Clark know about your photo? Is she an NT member, or did you send it to her, or post it where she could have seen it?
All 3 dragonfly photos are amazing.
I think Hal or maybe TTGA noticed the green band in one of the photographs; that prompted me to do a search for banding projects.
I found a link and Ms. Clark/New Jersey were geographically closest of all the links to where I photographed the eagle.
I emailed her and that's how we connected.
Good night all … I am hoping for two days of new pictures and fishing until sunset.
Wish we could do those things together.
Last summer I found part of a stream back in a forest with which I had been previously unfamiliar.
I posted pictures I took there and recall they were well-received; I am about to go to that part of the forest where I think I entered and try to find that stream again to photograph with my new lenses.
Will let you know.