Photographing Dragonflies with the Sony A1 | Tips and Tricks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video, I'll be pairing the Sony A1 with the Sony 200 - 600mm zoom lens to photograph dragonflies.
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This is my favourite kind of photography :)
I could stand there for hours
Fave subject - struggle often as it's either too bright/harsh or partly sunny where every 3 seconds the light is different - great video!
Thanks.
Cheers for that Stewart, that's my day planned later 👍🏻
Have fun
Great to see see you out and about again, been a long gap. Dragons are my passion, so forgive my pidontic [pedantic] observation, but your Darter is a Four-spot Chaser lol. Did you notice how their head is always absolutely level while flying. Great stuff.
Thanks for the info, I was close lol
Great footage, Stewart. You would find it a bit easier to shoot dragonflies in flight using an OM-1/2, 300 mm, and 1.4TC using pre capture. Also, hand-held would be more manageable.
Just a thought. We do a lot of moth trapping with great success, capturing a wide range of species. The night flyers are great for macro photography as they tend to stay still in daylight. It's great fun for macro and extreme macro shots.
Moth trap being a specialist box with a light and a battery left overnight.
I'll look into it and see if it's an option.
Thanks for the video!! I have tried to shoot dragonflies, they truly are quick!! Great shots!
Awesome Video! I shoot with the same setup. I find that the Sony 100-400 is much better suited for dragonflies. It has a shorter min focus and larger magnification. The lenses focus motors can also keep up with fast moving subjects. My typical daily macro setup is A1 90mm and two extension tubes. I love seeing you test out Sony! I love your videos. Cheers!
Thank you.
Great video! I remember when I was doing nature stuff it was always a challenge to hold the lens and get sharp images. I tried to always use a tripod or monopod depending on what I was photographing. Beautiful work!!
Thank you.
Thanks Stewart, yeah it's that time of year again, such beautiful intelligent creatures!
Yes they are!
Brilliant! Blips & awe 🙂👍
Great video as always mate. brilliant pics and i now know what to send you for xmass.. =P
Please do!
Again, another série of great shots. I would be very interested to see your setup and how you make macro of dragonflies. Thank you.
It’s the same setup as my standard macro setup.
Well done! Brilliant images (get in the water) :)
Thank you so much 😀
Thanks Stewart, I learnt a lot from that one. 👍👍👍 Tried dragonflies the other day and it was abysmal. Got a better understanding now.
Glad it helped
Thank you Stewart. This video was great and extremely informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. Some lovely shots.
Glad you enjoyed it
Suggestions did you say? Sony AR5 has insect AF, doesn't it? Focus bracketing also! Try that although you might be limited to 5-7 fps & and a much smaller buffer. Buffer thing might not matter the way you shot in this vid. Pretty challenging vid to make so kudos to you. I'll stick to them when landed on a branch with my 2014 Nikon D810 AF for now.
The dragonflies dug that hole for you.
I bet they did!
Great video, Stewart.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Woow thanks for a video.
Thanks for watching!
I've seen professional wildlife photographers adding Sony 70-350mm Apsc lens to Sony a1 to reduce weight of gear even further
Excellent video, most don't realize how difficult getting the shot is. I'm curious how much memory you used?
I didn't use much to be honest, once the Sony A1 locked on it just worked.
olympus em10 mark iv will be suitable for macro photography with 60mm kit.. any suggestions for olympus camera bodies in budget
Nice video, your using mechanical shutter at 10fps maybe electronic at 30fps would work better
Excellent video mate ...Do you have the video link for the dragon fly shoot with olympus ?
I’ve not done one yet.
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What's more important? Looking good or getting the shot?
I love these guys but as I only have my phone I have to wait until they don't see me and then I can try.