Yet another photo thread

[Eli]

Awesome as usual.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

awesome, how many megapixels does your camera capture? they are so detailed and fine.

 

[Wallydraigle]

The 20D captures 8.2 million pixels.

 

[pclstyle]

Originally posted by: Wallydraigle
The 20D captures 8.2 million pixels.

price?

 

[bonkers325]

Originally posted by: Wallydraigle
Pachydiplax longipennis.

heh heh. longipennis.

nice photos btw

 

[alien42]

amazing shots as always and a thread i am always looking forward to.

 

[rh71]

phatty, yo.

 

[SVT Cobra]

sweet! you have a lot of talent

 

[Wallydraigle]

Originally posted by: Tal

Originally posted by: Wallydraigle

Here's a dragonfly and here's another dragonly. They're both Pachydiplax longipennis.

when I was like 13 I spent 3 summers catching and identifying dragonflies and such. Very beautiful pictures. These dragonflys are relatively small compared to many where I live, and to catch such clean shots is a nice achievement. Kudos to you!


Edit: I just bought a rebel XT with kit lens. I'm looking to get another lens that I can use to shoot decent portraits and want to be able to do close-ups like the dragonfly pics. What do you recommend? I don't know if I want to pony up quite the money for the IS, and was hoping to only spend another $400 or so. (I need to start slow so my wife doesn't kill me.)

The 100-400mm IS makes a good dragonfly lens because it's 400mm and has a pretty close minimum focus distance, but as you know it's $$$. The 180mm macro makes a very good dragonfly lens because it's so very sharp, and it can also be used with a 1.4x teleconverter without losing hardly anything. It's also $$$ though.

You can get the 100mm macro for around $470. It's not as long as the 180mm, but it's almost as sharp, and for larger dragonflies it should be fine. For smaller ones you'll just have to hone your technique for getting closer to them, which is a good thing. It can't be used with Canon's 1.4x directly (although some third party ones will fit it), but you can put a 12mm extension tube between the lens and converter and use it that way. You'll lose focus at infinity, but if you're using it for macro anyway it doesn't matter. Should be workable in a pinch. The 100mm is a fine lens.

 

[Lucky]

Great to see you posting your shots again. They are inspiring even to a pro.