Some dragonflies do indeed hover, so you have sometimes one or more
seconds.
The fast emperor is not one of these, but I have earlier taken some in
flight pics in the way you shoot on a racing circuit.
The PLM is a fast and silent lens, however all Pentax bodies (perhaps
except the K-3 III) are weak in AF.
I'm shooting dragonflies in flight in AF-S with single point, because
AF-C is unusable.
Would be nice to work with fast AF of one of the mirrorless systems.
Henk
Op 2024-07-05 om 18:46 schreef Alan C:
Henk, that PML does so well - way better than my screw drive HD on the
K5. Another opportunity would be when they hover.
Alan C
On 05-Jul-24 02:13 PM, Henk Terhell wrote:
This for me is the first time I was able to shoot a pair of emperor
dragonflies.
Just plain luck to see them 'in copula', busy shaking off another
attacking dragonfly, close to where I was standing on the edge of woods.
These emperors are always very fast in flight and the only other
chance to shoot one is when the female is laying eggs on the water
surface.
https://flic.kr/p/2q26KAT
Henk
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