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Calico Pennant

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 7, 20062,020 views17 comments

Last week I posted a very dark colored Calico. This is closer to the colors of the ones I usually see. I shot this one the next day. Its been cooler this week and the dragons have been out in the mornings.
Canon 1D-II, Canon 300/4 + ext tubes.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by William Brozy on June 7, 2006 at 6:16 AM

What a beautiful dragon Randy. You must had been on a step ladder for this perspective

Excellent work!!!

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Comment posted by Randy Harrison on June 7, 2006 at 6:20 AM

Actually Will I am 6 foot 5. I had a little help since the bank around the lake was around 1 1/12 feet higher than the small washed out area around the water .The lakes are not full due to a serious drought we have been in.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 468 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by Juza on June 7, 2006 at 6:28 AM

Splendid photo Randy. I really like the colors!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 374 Posts, 10466 Comments

Comment posted by Tim Munsey on June 7, 2006 at 6:52 AM

Hi Randy,
You have some stunning dragons, this is very beautiful. Like everything about it.

Tim

Registered on November 14, 2003, 109 Posts, 222 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Garber on June 7, 2006 at 7:03 AM

Perfect!

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Comment posted by W. Tracy Parnell on June 7, 2006 at 9:34 AM

Congrats on the EP!

Registered on March 4, 2004, 27 Posts, 1638 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Moore on June 7, 2006 at 12:46 PM

The brown muted background is perfect for the red Dragonfly, really makes the image pop!. Ecellent details, exposure and composition. Great image!.

Registered on May 23, 2006, 93 Posts, 2228 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 7, 2006 at 1:59 PM

Beautiful Dragon, Randy. I am yet to see one in this color in person. I like the two diagonals formed by the dragon and the perch. Very sharp picture too.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Terri Norris on June 7, 2006 at 2:56 PM

Beautiful Randy! The colors are great!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 395 Posts, 2402 Comments

Comment posted by chris hajee on June 7, 2006 at 3:31 PM

I love it Randy, nice clean BG

Registered on January 18, 2005, 179 Posts, 2384 Comments

Comment posted by Jos De Braekeleer on June 7, 2006 at 3:42 PM

Great detail and lovely colors on the dragon. I like the diagonal placement !

Registered on November 1, 2003, 455 Posts, 1648 Comments

Comment posted by David Gottlieb on June 7, 2006 at 8:06 PM

great angle and great result

Registered on November 1, 2003, 436 Posts, 1790 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on June 7, 2006 at 10:58 PM

Randy,

Nice details of a very cool dragonfly. The diagonal composition was a good choice, well done.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Graeme Guy on June 8, 2006 at 5:15 AM

Randy
Hard to get dragons as good as this....excellent.
Graeme

Registered on January 19, 2004, 33 Posts, 438 Comments

Comment posted by Michelle C. Parent on June 8, 2006 at 11:41 AM

Randy,
What a lovely dragon! You could probably use some of the rain we've been getting! It seems that's all it does these days around here.

Registered on June 23, 2004, 453 Posts, 5551 Comments

Comment posted by renae sandberg on June 12, 2006 at 7:51 PM

Randy, congrats on an absolutely outstanding photo and the well-deserved EP. i love the angle and the comp, great techs. Spectacular.

Registered on December 29, 2004, 313 Posts, 2476 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on June 12, 2006 at 10:34 PM

nice capture - congratulations

Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments