I spent some time at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center on Saturday playing with the macro gear and managed to grab a few shots of this Flame Skimmer (libellula saturata). This pretty large dragonfly, maybe 4 inches long, was patrolling an area of the formal garden area and coming back to roost about 6 feet up after each circuit. Being right around head height, I had the opportunity to shoot it from the side and underneath. For this image, I was using the 28-300mm lens with 56mm of extension tubes and a Nikon R1C1 macro flash.
For the technically inclined...
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.