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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: atpaula on November 25, 2016, 22:17:57
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D5 & AF-S 500mm f/4G VR II on tripod w/ Gimbal head.
Testing my patience on this erratic flying creature.
(https://nikongear.net/revival/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1011.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf237%2Fatpaula%2Fatpaula011%2FaD5S_4615_zpsbny56uzo.jpg&hash=bd7dbd843c586a3ffc6f2527193c859e416a55ea) (http://s1011.photobucket.com/user/atpaula/media/atpaula011/aD5S_4615_zpsbny56uzo.jpg.html)
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pretty darn good Aguinaldo - not an easy shot at all. Mongo thought he was the only crazy who tested his patience this way while waiting for the shots he really came for. Mongo was wrong.
Just for the sake of comparing patience, Mongo hopes you do not mind him posting his similar version of testing his patience. D800 with AFS 300f4
P.S. - If you really want to test patience and madness level, try photographing darting swallows with a manual 300mm f2.8 AI-s. Of course , it is not appropriate for Mongo to post those here. offered as just another stage example of patience.
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Wow!!! Yours is way much better than mine.
Now I'll have to do it again!!! lol
Next time i'll try the 300mm f/2.8G VR I.
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Wow!!! Yours is way much better than mine.
Now I'll have to do it again!!! lol
Next time i'll try the 300mm f/2.8G VR I.
Not better Aguinaldo - just different. We both get points for patience and craziness
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Aguinaldo, the linking with your image doesn't seem to work.
Mongo, this is stunning and, yes, surely proves your patience!
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Aguinaldo, the linking with your image doesn't seem to work.
Mongo, this is stunning and, yes, surely proves your patience!
Photobucket is not working right now.
:'(
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Aguinaldo, Mongo I feel I, too, have to admit that I test my patience with the dragonflies.
With Aguinaldo's permission may I post a scene from the mating ritual of the dragonfly.
Both your images are excellent.
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Photobucket is not working right now.
:'(
Now it works! :o This is amazing!
Elias, I'm speechless...
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Akira, I sent the image attached to this post.
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Phan ta stic pict ures!!!
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Sirs... great photos
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LOL, Aguinbaldo, it is so difficult to chat properly here! ;D ;D ;D
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I have a sequence of a couple mating too...
Also with the AF-S 500mm f/4G VR II.
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Wow, I love this kind of escalation! :D
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Wo wo wo, what is going on here :) All these super images!
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Aguinaldo, your last post depicts the final stage of the mating process. My photosshow the previous stage. The first stage is when the male
puts sperm on his thorax. Great photos.
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Aguinaldo, your second series of mating on the fly are supremely sharp, detailed and amazing ! Mongo's hat is off to you sir.
some excellent other contributions
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Aguinaldo, your last post depicts the final stage of the mating process. My photosshow the previous stage. The first stage is when the male
puts sperm on his thorax. Great photos.
Very strange mating process.... In your pics one seems to put the head on the other's tail. They use the head for mating? I thought of a blowjob. lol
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Aguinaldo, your second series of mating on the fly are supremely sharp, detailed and amazing ! Mongo's hat is off to you sir.
some excellent other contributions
Thank you Mongo.
I posted these two last year.
;)
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Strange mating process indeed Aguinaldo. In my shots the male is the one in front, grabbing the female by the head. In your shots the female bends her body to reach the thorax of the male and get the sperm.
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Very special, mating in flight well captured !
I have also been practising Dragonflies in Flight earlier this year. As they usually return to the same spots after some time you can anticipate where they will go or hang still for a very short moment. But still you have a lot of misses and some success.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8374/29286261961_049d62f18a_b.jpg)
approaching (https://flic.kr/p/LBVKn4) by Arend (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vermazeren/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8028/28741660664_07b9d864eb_b.jpg)
landing (https://flic.kr/p/KMNwnw) by Arend (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vermazeren/), on Flickr
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8058/29331695746_aa3b73ab58_b.jpg)
DIF (https://flic.kr/p/LFWBfb) by Arend (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vermazeren/), on Flickr
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Arend, yours #1 and #3 are the best. Congrats.
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Arend, I envy you for #3.
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Those are some phenomenal images everyone!
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Arend, you have some incredibly sharp images in your lot. Great discipline and shooting
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Thanks everyone for the nice comments !
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Wait, wow. What a thread.
Appreciate the great work of all contributors.
Dragonflies are already nice photo stuffe when they sit somewhere, but in flight? Kudos to all of you!
If I was to pick just one I'd go with the opener: The impression of the erratic and dynamic flight behaviour transfers very well for me.
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The Title led me off to a fantastical land where myth and reality crossed over.
Now I've seen these images, I'm in a fantastical web site where myth and reality crosses over.
I'm very impressed with all the images, amazing how a Dragonfly turns up, whilst your twiddling your thumbs awaiting a proper subject to arrive.
You've made me visit a Dragonfly I suffered pain for, those Brambles were Gruesome.
Sorry for it not being a aerial action.
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My few: D610 with 300/4+TC-14, few years ago.