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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Choose your landing spot carefully!

This sequence was captured a while back at my favorite local pond. The dragonfly didn't scout out his landing spot very well.

Shot at 60 FPS -- those 'Greenies' are fast!

E-M1MarkII LEICA DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3 lens 250mm f/5.6 1/2500s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

E-M1MarkII LEICA DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3 lens 250mm f/5.6 1/2500s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

E-M1MarkII LEICA DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3 lens 250mm f/5.6 1/2500s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

E-M1MarkII LEICA DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3 lens 250mm f/5.6 1/2500s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

E-M1MarkII LEICA DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3 lens 250mm f/5.6 1/2500s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

E-M1MarkII LEICA DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3 lens 250mm f/5.6 1/2500s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

E-M1MarkII LEICA DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3 lens 250mm f/5.6 1/2500s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

Sep 06, 2023 at 10:00 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Choose your landing spot carefully!

Great sequence Greg. Did it use the dragon fly as bate to catch a fish?

Morris

Sep 06, 2023 at 10:28 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Choose your landing spot carefully!

Thanks Morris.
It was pretty much just an hors d'oeuvre.

Sep 06, 2023 at 10:39 AM

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Very cool sequence , humans could learn from this as well. Bruce

Sep 06, 2023 at 11:39 AM

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B Benson wrote:
Very cool sequence , humans could learn from this as well. Bruce

Thank you, Bruce. Yep, we're not a whole lot smarter than that Dragonfly. I photographed a corporate conference where the 'keynote' speaker (who was hilarious) has a book out titled, "Peope are Stupid, and I Can Prove it!"

Sep 06, 2023 at 05:22 PM

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Great sequence!

Did he go slow or quick?

Well captured!

Justin

Sep 06, 2023 at 05:35 PM

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Nice action sequence Greg.

John

Sep 06, 2023 at 06:39 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Choose your landing spot carefully!

Very nice documented sequence.

Sep 06, 2023 at 08:29 PM

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Tyr-Sog wrote:
Great sequence!

Did he go slow or quick?

Well captured!

Justin

Thanks. He was lightening fast -- the dragon fly didn't stand a chance. The sequence shown here is just a portion of the actual frames in the sequence. As I noted this was photographed at 60 FPS -- I probably ended up with about 15-20 frames.

Sep 06, 2023 at 11:05 PM

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Thanks to all for the nice comments.

Sep 06, 2023 at 11:06 PM


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