The dragon fly thread

[robarro]

was out trying for an inflight. man, is this tough. got one just before he alit but i'm not happy with either of these. let's see yours..

[dragonfly]

:rolleyes: Now, you KNEW I'd have to post in this one :p Not the best, but look out when I get a good telephoto or macro lens.....
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/bludrgnfly/th_RedDragonfly.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/bludrgnfly/RedDragonfly.jpg)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/bludrgnfly/th_GoldDragonfly2.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/bludrgnfly/GoldDragonfly2.jpg)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/bludrgnfly/th_GoldDragonfly.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/bludrgnfly/GoldDragonfly.jpg)

[Jaberwoc]

Nice shots Roy and DF,
No chance of dragon flies this early in the year here, and we don't see all that many anyway. I'll have to see if I can get down to the river across the fields at the back. Not sure if there's access, last I remember it had been fenced off, but that was a couple of years back. :D

[robarro]

:rolleyes: Now, you KNEW I'd have to post in this one :p Not the best, but look out when I get a good telephoto or macro lens.....

heaven help us when you do!!!

[Denine Louise]

Ummmm do we have dragon fly's in Pennsylvania? If we do, I've never seen any. Got enough bodies of water around me, you'd think I would see some. Beautiful.

[robarro]

Ummmm do we have dragon fly's in Pennsylvania? If we do, I've never seen any. Got enough bodies of water around me, you'd think I would see some. Beautiful.
denine,
i don't know there range, only that you have to have water..

[8Hummers]

Beautiful dragonfly photos! Dragonflies are one of my favorite creatures. Here are some of mine.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/8Hummers/Fuji%20Photos/1111.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/8Hummers/Fuji%20Photos/1515.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/8Hummers/Fuji%20Photos/11.jpg

[robarro]

very nice joanne.

[davew98]

from last year!
LOL!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/davew98/snakedoctor1BMedium.jpg

[8Hummers]

[QUOTE=davew98]from last year!
LOL!

Beautiful dragonflies! My photos are not from this year either...we don't have dragonflies yet.

Jo Ann

[robarro]

very nice catherine.

[TheresaM]

I'm new here. Happend to come across this thread, and had to share a picture of the dragonfly we had in our backyard. Im in Indiana and we see lots of them. I just happend to have my camera handy when this one came along. Thanks for letting me share. :)

[davew98]

Nice shots! How did you get him to light on your hand??

What camera, photo software are you using? Do you know about 'unsharp mask'?

[TheresaM]

My husband just set his hand by him and he moved on to it. But the hand in the pic is my daughters. My camera is a Olympus 5.1 nothing great. I use photoshop 10. Most of them just fly back and forth over us. But this one had landed on my deck so since I love them my husband wanted me to see it up close.

What is unsharp mask?

[davew98]

for 'unsharp mask'. Many programs have this filter or tool available, some allow control over more parameters :) such as your PhotoShop or PaintShopPro.

for PhotoShop specific guidelines (http://www.naturescapes.net/122004/tg1204.htm)

more (http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/unsharp-mask.html)

and (http://www.scantips.com/simple6.html)

[davew98]

but your pics were just a tad fuzzy. We all try to help each other.

[TheresaM]

Didnt take offense, and I dont mind learning things. Thats why I look into message boards. I dont know lots about cameras and such so any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

[robarro]

two more recent ones.

[calicajun]

Saw this Dragon Fly and had to get a shot of it, as I have never seen one this big before in my life.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/calicajun/23697ea4.jpg