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Subject: [OM] Dragonflies, good day, bad day
From: Charles Sdunek <charles@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 17:23:00 -0500
Hey guys,

Just thought I'd send this shot along. I was walking through a meadow between two ponds in the seney national wildlife preserve, photographing birds. (In particular the Common Loon, Great Blue Heron, Sandhill Crane and also hoping to get a shot at the eagle rumored to live in the area) when right before my eyes, a huge striped dragonfly snatched a smaller dragonfly out of the air and proceeded to munch on its head. Now, I was set up for birds, with my OM2n and a porterhouse 500mm mirror lens that my dad picked up off ebay. As I darted for my camera bag, taking the lens off hoping to get the shot before this monster decided to carry off its prey, I noticed that this mirror lens has macro focus capabilities. I moved back and snapped this shot hand held from about 3 feet away...and to tell you all the truth...this pic looked great on the ektachrome 400...even if the scan done down the street wasnt much good.. Well, here it is...

http://zuikoholic.homestead.com/files/dragonfly.jpg

This lens works better as a macro lens than it does as a telephoto...heheheheh


Chuck




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