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Dragon in flight

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 10, 20061,555 views13 comments

Hi,
I had a good spell of taking these today, light was up to it.

Cheers for looking

Tim
D2X, 300mm f4, 800th of a sec at f/6.3

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Marius Nistor on September 10, 2006 at 2:29 PM

Great timing!

Servus!

Registered on February 4, 2006, 38 Posts, 551 Comments

Comment posted by David Bostedo on September 10, 2006 at 3:00 PM

Nice capture! The BG is great.

Registered on May 5, 2006, 178 Posts, 2224 Comments

Comment posted by Sam Rua on September 10, 2006 at 5:36 PM

Nice capture. Great focus, especially given how difficult it is to follow these creatures in flight.

Registered on September 9, 2006, 130 Posts, 2281 Comments

Comment posted by Jude Haase on September 10, 2006 at 8:28 PM

Wonderful catch Tim!!!

Registered on April 3, 2006, 236 Posts, 1657 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on September 10, 2006 at 9:42 PM

Tim,

Excellent, this guy is tack sharp!!!! I really like the background colors, just superb.

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

Comment posted by Clint Faile on September 10, 2006 at 10:19 PM

Nice shot! I have tried getting these in flight but no keepers yet.

Good Job!

Registered on September 8, 2006, 84 Posts, 102 Comments

Comment posted by Basil Greber on September 11, 2006 at 7:41 AM

WOW! Also got one in flight yesterday and was pretty happy about it... but yours is a whole lot better... fantastic background and tack sharp insect.

Basil

Registered on November 8, 2005, 219 Posts, 1340 Comments

Comment posted by Tim Munsey on September 11, 2006 at 8:35 AM

Thanks for the comments all.

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

Comment posted by Rane Olsen on September 11, 2006 at 10:20 AM

Very, very nice! Did anyone mention it is sharp

Registered on August 30, 2006, 8 Posts, 56 Comments

Comment posted by Stacy Egan on September 11, 2006 at 10:26 AM

Great job at something very hard to do! Very sharp, good light and detail.

Registered on April 24, 2006, 52 Posts, 446 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Garber on September 11, 2006 at 12:22 PM

Great Shot!
I wish I had your reflexes! I have unsuccessfully trided this so many times I gave up.