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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:27 pm

Ok, it's my day off... what did I do? Went to the "peace gardens' where there is a fairly large 'lake' to take photos of dragon and damselflies.

I'm a girl !!!! I should have gone SHOPPING!!!! Nah - I'll stick to taking photos :)

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Postby birddog114 on Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:31 pm

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With the title of this thread! I thoughts you meant something difference :shock: :lol:

The dragonfly, wow!!!! once more thumb up for you!!!!
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Postby big pix on Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:34 pm

this does show your gentle side..........and one does what one is comfortable with......... I guess you eat out a lot........ you have set a bench mark for shots of frogs, bugs and snakes that is quite high, so just keep doing it.......
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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:48 pm

Thanks Birdy & BP - turned out ok - was hanging out over the lake, trying not to fall in :) Must have looked a real treat !!!! LOL

BP - eating out would explain my waistline :) :cry: :lol:
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Postby Nicole on Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:31 pm

No way...taking photos outdoors is much more fun than fighting with traffic at the shopping centre carpark. :D

Great pic.
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Postby kinetic on Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:52 pm

Nicole wrote:No way...taking photos outdoors is much more fun than fighting with traffic at the shopping centre carpark. :D

......and seeing lots of, um, "large" teenage girls in muffin pants and midrif tops. :shock:

Blacknstormy wrote:BP - eating out would explain my waistline
I know where to get Krispy Kreme donuts!!! :twisted:
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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:56 pm

:shock: where :shock: where :shock: tell me where !!!!! :lol:
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Postby kinetic on Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:02 pm

r u at work or in the vicinity of Brisbane on Tues PM or Wed???? ... I may just bring you back a prezzie (If I can keep Darryl out of the box that is :P )
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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:43 pm

Bummer K, not back until Thursday morning.
Oh well, enjoy :)
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Postby Manta on Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:03 pm

Hi Rel, you must have shot this only minutes after I got off the phone to you today. What an excellent capture and a lot nicer to deal with than carpet pythons!

Oh and don't worry about the KKK (Kinetic's Krispy Kremes) ... I'll look after yours for you....promise.... :twisted: :D
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Postby Digidegs on Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:22 am

Love this shot. Its like being in another tiny world with other creatures. So real but unreal.
Is your 105 Macro a Nikkor?
Did you use any flash on this shot. Do you normally use flash with your macro work?
Keep up the lovely shots.
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Postby Greg B on Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:25 am

Excellent macro work B&S, very well executed
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Postby tarotastic on Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:11 am

Great macro. Is this a damselfly? Beautiful. Love the way the reeeds blur off into the distance.
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Postby blacknstormy on Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:04 pm

Thank you all so much for your kind comments.
Manta - yep, as soon as we hung up, I was down at the Peace Gardens taking shots :) But how you can have a 'peace' gardens right beside the Ipswich Highway is beyond me :?

Albert - yes it was the 105 Nikkor. I'm kind of hooked on this lens, and can't put it down :) and yes I used the SB600 with the beer cup for this shot. Most of my macro shots I use fill flash, just to give a little more clarity to parts of the insect which may be slightly in shadow....

Greg - thank you as always :)

Tarotastic - yes, it is a damsel - Nososticta solida. There were heaps of them perched on the tips of Casuarina glauca foliage - they weren't actually on the reeds... come to think of it, and looking at the photo, they blend perfectly with the casuarina foliage. One of my other shots shows one perched on the yellowing tip of the foliage, and the colouration of the thorax matches up with the yellowing, and the rest matches with the remaining section of the foliage. Camouflage at its best :)

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