Dragonflies were common throught the whole journey, especially near the water. It was the first time I was using a dslr to photograph dragonflies so I did find it quite different. However, I was pleased with most of my shots. The first one was a mettalic blue one, Cratilla metallica.
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There were many Red Grasshawks, but I just took a single shot as they were common and sometimes hard to shoot.
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We reached a path that had a big drain beside. Along the drains there were plenty of Orange Dragonflies. I have identfied them as Orthetrum testaceum and their common name should be Orange Skimmer. However, they were also hard to shoot and I only managed one good shot.
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This is one species that is yet to be identified. Found it along the forest path.
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And this one's my favourite, the Red Swampdragon. This attractive little fellow was spotted near a stream heading to Venus Drive. It was really pretty and co-operative too.
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I spent a few minutes shooting this dragonfly. I kept trying to focus on the eyes but sometimes I would miss as the wind would be pushing it around. But in the end I got these four shots well-taken.
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4 comments:
Great shots of those dragons! Wonder if you want to go to the DFNP to try out butterfly photography? I's challenging but fun and saticefying if you have lots of patience.
Thnaks BlueBottle! Well, I'd love to go shooting with you, but that'll have to be during my holidays. I'm going for a camp in a forested area in Johor next week so I'll try to find, photograph and show you as many butterflies I see there!
You mentioned about missing due to the wind, maybe try the manual focus, that way, just look at the eyes of the dragonfly in the viewfinder than sharpen it, it would then focus on the eyes no matter what.
hope it helps=)
Hi 'passing by'.
Many thanks for your advice. But actually I've failed to mention something. Its that my camera's auto-focus is jammed hence I am only able to use manual focus to take any shot. But sometimes, what we see as 'sharp' in the viewfinder may not exactly be that sharp in th picture since our eyes may sometimes play tricks on us.;) Thanks anyway.
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