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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Dragon Fly

So I've been shooting birds for eons. But I'm primarily a landscape / waterscape shooter.
I've been a creeper on this site for close to 10 years I'd say.

Having not so great equipment for birding, and seeing the just mind blowing work on here over the years, has been two things for me: aspiration and humbling. They say the photographer makes the images, but.... we all know when it comes to wildlife, good equipment does make a difference.

Now, since I've switched to Nikon, I'm definitely seeing a much higher keeper count, and I find the images ARE better, but I still won't be posting any of those here

. Not yet anyways.

These two images, though, are honestly the first two I've taken in 20 years of shooting that I felt were good enough to post in this specific forum. I hope you guys think so as well.

Sorry for the novel, and thanks for looking.

F7.1 1/640 ISO 320

Sep 06, 2020 at 02:23 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Dragon Fly

Nice capture! I certainly understand your reticence for taking your time to post in this group. There are so many outstanding photos that are produced on a daily basis. Anyway, keep those dragons coming!

Sep 06, 2020 at 06:07 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Dragon Fly

Welcome to FM. We all started as beginners. This group has helped many that have asked so if you are running into a problem superb advice is available for free.

Both are nice images. I prefer the second as the leaf is cropped out and not pulling my eye. There is also more detail in the wings.

Morris

Sep 06, 2020 at 07:45 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Dragon Fly

Excellent images!
Nice light and in-focus wing tip to wing tip.

Dave

Sep 06, 2020 at 07:53 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Dragon Fly

morris wrote:
Welcome to FM. We all started as beginners. This group has helped many that have asked so if you are running into a problem superb advice is available for free.

Both are nice images. I prefer the second as the leaf is cropped out and not pulling my eye. There is also more detail in the wings.

Morris

Thanks for the kind words. Should clarify, nowhere near a beginner. Been shooting since high school ( 93 grad ), but mainly landscapes. Just my first post in this specific forum. I've posted in the landscape and B+W sections.

Sep 07, 2020 at 04:17 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Dragon Fly

parebalo wrote:
Nice capture! I certainly understand your reticence for taking your time to post in this group. There are so many outstanding photos that are produced on a daily basis. Anyway, keep those dragons coming!

Thank you, maybe I'll muster up the courage to post some birdie pics here later. They're good, just no where near as good as what I see on here lol.

Sep 07, 2020 at 04:18 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Dragon Fly

dclark wrote:
Excellent images!
Nice light and in-focus wing tip to wing tip.

Dave

Thank you sir, I appreciate the feed back.

Sep 07, 2020 at 04:19 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Dragon Fly

Welcome to the Forum! Very nice shots. Hope to see more from you.

Birdie

Sep 08, 2020 at 06:24 PM


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