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Blue Dasher

Blue Dasher
Copyright ©2010, Mark Lannutti
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This dragonfly waited patiently while I went for my camera.

Photographer: Mark Lannutti
Folder: Mark's pics
Uploaded: 06-Aug-2010 03:18 CEST
Current Rating: 7.00/3
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Camera: Olympus E510
Exposure time: 1/25
Aperture: f 5.6
Focal length: 84mm
Lens: 14-42 kit lens
Focusing method: iESP
ISO: 100
White balance: Daylight
Flash: no
Image format: RAW
Processing applied:
Various: Image stabilization used for slow shutter.
Image resized to: 768x1024

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Very Nice.
Thanks for sharing.
Barry

Barry Vreyens at 03:47 CEST on 06-Aug-2010 [Reply]

Dragonfly

A beautiful view of the dragonfly. Congratulations on getting it to cooperate ;).

Cropping would improve the picture a bit: too much empty space in front of the dragonfly.

Bob

Bob Shrader at 16:51 CEST on 08-Aug-2010 [Reply]

thanks

Thanks Barry and Bob for your ratings and comments. I was trying to give the dragonfly "space to fly into", but it does look like too much. The quality of the image would also be better with an actual macro lens(50mm f2?) I'm still trying to get by with the 14-42 kit lens:p

Mark Lannutti at 17:03 CEST on 08-Aug-2010 [Reply]

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Considering the small viewfinder and slow shutter this is impressive!
I also use the same kit lens on an E-520 and have serious difficulty with autofocus as it tends to select the background! The small viewfinder makes manual focus difficult too.
I'm impressed with your result with that equipment.
Mike

Mike Bywater at 00:00 CEST on 02-Oct-2015 [Reply]

OK kit lens

Mike Bywater wrote:
> Considering the small viewfinder and slow shutter this is impressive!
> I also use the same kit lens on an E-520 and have serious difficulty with autofocus as it
> tends to select the background! The small viewfinder makes manual focus difficult too.
> I'm impressed with your result with that equipment.
> Mike
>

Mark Lannutti at 16:09 CEST on 04-Oct-2015 [Reply]

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Mark Lannutti wrote:
> Mike Bywater wrote:
> > Considering the small viewfinder and slow shutter this is impressive!
> > I also use the same kit lens on an E-520 and have serious difficulty with autofocus as it
> > tends to select the background! The small viewfinder makes manual focus difficult too.
> > I'm impressed with your result with that equipment.
> > Mike
> >
>
I'm impressed with the lens here as well, this is one of about 5 images. I also had trouble with the camera selecting the subject. It was very helpful that the dragonfly held perfectly still. If you need speed though, this lens would fall short. Thanks for your comments Mike.

Mark Lannutti at 16:28 CEST on 04-Oct-2015 [Reply]