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  1. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    Now got Dragonflies through bins which is by Dunkle. Excellent book. Very good introductory chapters. I'm interested that he recommends photoing dragonflies with a 100mm lens. I use the equiv. of a 420mm and even then they are often hard to approach. (But he does sometimes put them in the...
  2. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    That was an impressively quick response, Steve. :t: I'm getting Dragonflies through bins--is that the same as 'the Dunkle book'?
  3. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    Where's Forcreeks when we need him?! I think I'll get dragonflies through bins myself... after all I may go to the States again one day :D
  4. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    Lovely shots, Leslie.
  5. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    Yes, welcome, Richard (Fray)! I think I may have corresponded with you under another name! Welcome to BirdForum (and the dragonfly sub-group). [Wasn't there a 'mystery' dragonfly taken by one of your group in Thailand or somewhere?] That's a lovely shot... never seen a species with all red veins...
  6. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    Lovely photo, Timhotep! You've managed to achieve great sharpness. I only discovered the hairs on the abdomen of the 4-spot when I took a photo myself recently HERE. You're right... four-spotted chaser it is. (And lovely to see your scarce chaser in another thread!) I'd still love to know...
  7. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    Well done, Redwing! Never seen a brilliant emerald, so I'm hardly qualified to answer that one--the books say that they prefer shade. Apparently they do look a lot brighter than downys, but how can you tell if they are in the shade? (I found the downys almost impossible to focus my bins on--so...
  8. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    Redwing, I thought I'd post this shot of a red-eyed damselfly (well a pair, actually) so that you can see why I'm waiting for you to digiscope some. Even with a 210mm lens and doubler they were too far away to get a decent shot. (Notice superficial resemblance to blue-tailed, though they look...
  9. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    Your blue-eyed darner is indeed a beautiful insect! As is the Sympetrum you just posted, whose name I've already forgotten!
  10. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    Thanks jayhunter. I'm putting more odo pix up in the near future... but have a look at Rich's site which has some brilliant ones!! Ken
  11. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    Sorry, Redwing. I wasn't trying to be difficult! I've not got that many shots so it never occurred to me that it might be hard to track them down. What should I do to improve them? Ken
  12. Surreybirder

    Digiscoping Dragonflies

    I'm enjoyin this discussion. I found that I could get recognisable but not brilliant photos with my Fuji (3.1 megapixels) except in unusual circs. (such as when I rescued a dragonfly from a pond). I don't have a good digiscoping set-up so I'm doing my best with an SLR camera and the equiv. of a...
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