This afternoon's dragons
p.1 #1This afternoon's dragons
OM-1 MKll Olympus 100-400
Thanks for taking a look !
Gary
Thanks for taking a look !
Gary
Sep 03, 2026 at 04:18 PM
p.1 #3This afternoon's dragons
Gary, these are nothing short of spectacular!
Sep 03, 2026 at 05:52 PM
p.1 #4This afternoon's dragons
4, 6 and 7 are my favorites from this excellent set Gary.
Morris
Morris
Sep 03, 2026 at 06:11 PM
p.1 #5This afternoon's dragons
Really nice images, Gary.
You really know how to make that 100-400mm sing.
No.'s 6, 8, & 9 are my picks.
Greg
You really know how to make that 100-400mm sing.
No.'s 6, 8, & 9 are my picks.
Greg
Sep 03, 2026 at 08:58 PM
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p.1 #6This afternoon's dragons
johnohio wrote:
Super set of images.
John
Thanks John
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louie champan wrote:
Gary, these are nothing short of spectacular!
Thanks very much Louie
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morris wrote:
4, 6 and 7 are my favorites from this excellent set Gary.
Morris
Thank you Morris
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gmccroskery wrote:
Really nice images, Gary.
You really know how to make that 100-400mm sing.
No.'s 6, 8, & 9 are my picks.
Greg
Thanks Greg. For my last few outings I've gone back to a tripod and turned off OS and I feel it's made a noticeable difference.
Super set of images.
John
Thanks John
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louie champan wrote:
Gary, these are nothing short of spectacular!
Thanks very much Louie
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morris wrote:
4, 6 and 7 are my favorites from this excellent set Gary.
Morris
Thank you Morris
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gmccroskery wrote:
Really nice images, Gary.
You really know how to make that 100-400mm sing.
No.'s 6, 8, & 9 are my picks.
Greg
Thanks Greg. For my last few outings I've gone back to a tripod and turned off OS and I feel it's made a noticeable difference.
Sep 04, 2026 at 06:25 AM
p.1 #7This afternoon's dragons
Your dragons are a lot less skitterish than those I find here, Gary!
Douglas
Douglas
Sep 04, 2026 at 08:15 AM
p.1 #8This afternoon's dragons
Excellent set Gary !!! All wonderful, but if forced to pick it would be the inflight and the one with the ladybug . Great and enjoyable set.
Birdie
Birdie
Sep 04, 2026 at 08:50 PM
p.1 #9This afternoon's dragons
douter wrote:
Your dragons are a lot less skitterish than those I find here, Gary!
Douglas
Possibly. These were shot over a period of about five hours sitting in the same spot on the edge of the pond half in the water
It takes a little while for them to begin to ignore me. Also, the Olly 100-400 has an effective focal length of 200-800 in FF terms so I'm not super close to them.
Your dragons are a lot less skitterish than those I find here, Gary!
Douglas
Possibly. These were shot over a period of about five hours sitting in the same spot on the edge of the pond half in the water
It takes a little while for them to begin to ignore me. Also, the Olly 100-400 has an effective focal length of 200-800 in FF terms so I'm not super close to them.
Sep 05, 2026 at 07:59 AM
p.1 #10This afternoon's dragons
birdied wrote:
Excellent set Gary !!! All wonderful, but if forced to pick it would be the inflight and the one with the ladybug . Great and enjoyable set.
Birdie
Thanks very much Birdie. The in flight shots are a little about being familiar with their habits and a lot of luck. These guys are extremely erratic and very small, only about an inch and a half long. There's no way I can track them to a landing. But they're also fairly predictable. This one kept coming back to the same Water Lilly so with my camera on a tripod I prefocus on a spot on the flower and lock everything down. Then I sit and wait, with finger on the shutter button, but not looking through the viewfinder.When I see him heading for the flower I jam the shutter and every once in a while I get one in the correct plain of focus. If I'm looking through the viewfinder and waiting he's already landed before I can react to press the shutter.
And when you finally get one in focus you hope you've got a nice wing position
Excellent set Gary !!! All wonderful, but if forced to pick it would be the inflight and the one with the ladybug . Great and enjoyable set.
Birdie
Thanks very much Birdie. The in flight shots are a little about being familiar with their habits and a lot of luck. These guys are extremely erratic and very small, only about an inch and a half long. There's no way I can track them to a landing. But they're also fairly predictable. This one kept coming back to the same Water Lilly so with my camera on a tripod I prefocus on a spot on the flower and lock everything down. Then I sit and wait, with finger on the shutter button, but not looking through the viewfinder.When I see him heading for the flower I jam the shutter and every once in a while I get one in the correct plain of focus. If I'm looking through the viewfinder and waiting he's already landed before I can react to press the shutter.
And when you finally get one in focus you hope you've got a nice wing position
Sep 05, 2026 at 08:08 AM