Some very special shots here today.
Many ask how to get the shots and I say practise on small things first.
I will show you both small and big here, first insects and then birds, finally a very big shot.
When I bought my first camera, a little Canon Powershot 450 in 2002, as I had to take photos of the @papilloncharity work, I asked a pro friend for advice. Kai Ling is a brilliant photographer and he told me to practice on the small things first. Especially dragonflies as once I could get them clear, then the bigger things would be easier.
I hope this would help some members.
She is a female Nomad (Sympetrum fonscolombii) and a very beautiful lady.
This lady in flight is called a female Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa caffra)
And this gentleman is her husband, he is also a Carpenter Bee.
Now for things that are a bit bigger.
By now many of you know the Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris Chalybeus)
This guy is called a Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis)
The Yellow Bishop can rotate his head at 180 degrees and here he was looking over his back.
I have never seen one flying in reverse gear hahaha,
Or maybe the big and the small together and both had their left legs lifted in their camera shot pose.
Finally a vey big shot as our mountains had a lovely look today.
So next time that somebody asks me about how to get clear shots, I will simply direct them to this post. There is of course some other tricky stuff involved such as the correct settings on the camera and for me the most important issue is to be unobserved by the targets and I cannot over emphasise the need to stand still. Any sudden movements and the target will simply disappear.
I forgot to mention that lighting is also important as on clear days with the sun at one's back is the ideal for most of my shots.
Patience also plays a big role in success and the best always is to study the habits of the targets first.
As I said before, I hope that this will be of help to someone.
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Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.
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i love your dragonfly pic hehe
Thank you and yes she is here early in Spring.
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I can only say WOW - once more you show me that practicing works, my friend. Practicing and patience, of course, but you know that Lady Patience and I have a complicated relationship 😎
The Yellow Bishop is another beautiful bird which I can't remember to have seen before.
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Hahaha, exactly the response that I expected Hannes.
I think that you and Lady Patience should go and see a relationship counsellor.
Yellow Bishop not new to me and later on we will also have the Red Bishops and the Widow birds emerging. I just don't know if the Widowbirds appear in the Western Cape Province,
Glad that you liked the post my friend.
Cheers and thanks.
Oh yes, we need help - or handcuffs to lock her to me 😎
It's always a pleasure to see your beautiful birds, Zac, and if there's a new one it's even better 😀
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Hahaha, handcuffs you say. She might just call her cousin Thor to come and remove the irritating mountain goat.
As I said earlier, you will soon see another new one.
Cheers and thanks.
Thor has become old and can't even lift his hammer anymore 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, I am curious on the new bird, but now I have to go to the other room - the one with the bed, you know? ... good night 😴
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Hahahah, maybe he will bring a few of his grandkids along, as they must all be adults by now 🤣
All in good time my friend and I hope that you had a good sleep.
Cheers and thanks.
So you think some baby Thors with baby hammers can scare an old mountain goat 🐐 lol
Because I have had a good sleep last night I want to try the same tonight 😴
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That's why I am answering the replies early tonight, so that you can have another good sleep and dream of 20 baby Thors with big muscles to swing their huge hammers 🤣
You mentioned that word "baby" again which convinces me that the female doctor called you her baby 🤣🤣😉
Cheers and thanks.
Hahaha, dreaming of baby Thors ... I would rather dream of the doctors assistant who can also call me her baby, I wouldn't mind 🤣
Thanks for being early, because I am already on my way to bed 😴
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Early again today as I don't want to disturb your resting time 😉
Exactly what I thought and said in a few replies ago, so please let me know when she accepts your overtures, so that I can call you baby again 🤣
Cheers and thanks cutie.
This might take quite a while because as said in a reply before, I don't want to go to the doctor again, at least not soon ;)
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The dragonfly shots are truly amazing! Never had much luck photographing them... the ones around here never seem to sit still long enough to come into focus, except by pure chance.
Nature is amazing and beautiful!
=^..^=
Hahaha, dragonflies all over the world have the same habits and ours also only sit for a few seconds.
The trick is that when they come in to sit, you must be ready and focused in the first second.
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