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atpaula

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Dragonflying @ 500mm
« on: November 25, 2016, 22:17:57 »
D5 & AF-S 500mm f/4G VR II on tripod w/ Gimbal head.
Testing my patience on this erratic flying creature.

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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2016, 22:36:28 »
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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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2016, 22:47:45 »
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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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2016, 22:58:12 »
Quote from: atpaula on November 25, 2016, 22:47:45
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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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2016, 23:10:19 »
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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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2016, 23:12:52 »
Quote from: Akira on November 25, 2016, 23:10:19
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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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2016, 23:14:54 »
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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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2016, 23:15:01 »
Quote from: atpaula on November 25, 2016, 23:12:52
Photobucket is not working right now.
  :'(

Now it works!   :o  This is amazing!

Elias, I'm speechless...
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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2016, 23:15:15 »
Akira, I sent the image attached to this post.
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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2016, 23:15:51 »
Phan ta stic pict ures!!!
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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2016, 23:17:28 »
Sirs... great photos
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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2016, 23:18:00 »
LOL, Aguinbaldo, it is so difficult to chat properly here!   ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2016, 23:19:05 »
I have a sequence of a couple mating too...
Also with the AF-S 500mm f/4G VR II.



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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2016, 23:20:44 »
Wow, I love this kind of escalation!   :D
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Re: Dragonflying @ 500mm
« Reply #14 on: November 25, 2016, 23:21:50 »
Wo wo wo, what is going on here :) All these super images!
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