Comments on: The patient dragonfly http://digitalgarbage.net/2009/08/03/the-patient-dragonfly/ dumpster-diving for bits about info, tech, law, and culture -- adding to the infoglut one post at a time Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:02:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ira Nathenson http://digitalgarbage.net/2009/08/03/the-patient-dragonfly/comment-page-1/#comment-18310 Ira Nathenson Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:20:53 +0000 http://digitalgarbage.net/?p=1388#comment-18310 I got lucky. Dragonflies are common in my neighborhood and I saw one sit on my daughter's tomato plant. I grabbed my cam and took dozens of shots. This was one of the last ones and the nicest of the group. That's my secret - take dozens of shots and maybe you'll luck into a good one! The cam is nice but nothing out of the ordinary - it's a Nikon D60 digital SLR with the lens set at 55mm, which is moderate zoom for a digital SLR. I think I cropped further using the computer and slightly boosted the saturation of the colors. If you would like to see some truly spectacular dragonfly shots, go to http://www.flickr.com and search for dragonflies. There are some really amazing photos on that site. I got lucky. Dragonflies are common in my neighborhood and I saw one sit on my daughter’s tomato plant. I grabbed my cam and took dozens of shots. This was one of the last ones and the nicest of the group. That’s my secret – take dozens of shots and maybe you’ll luck into a good one!

The cam is nice but nothing out of the ordinary – it’s a Nikon D60 digital SLR with the lens set at 55mm, which is moderate zoom for a digital SLR. I think I cropped further using the computer and slightly boosted the saturation of the colors. If you would like to see some truly spectacular dragonfly shots, go to http://www.flickr.com and search for dragonflies. There are some really amazing photos on that site.

]]> By: Renee Behrens http://digitalgarbage.net/2009/08/03/the-patient-dragonfly/comment-page-1/#comment-18309 Renee Behrens Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:51:21 +0000 http://digitalgarbage.net/?p=1388#comment-18309 Dragonflies are my favorite creature. The mechanics of their wings is very impressive (able to move all four independently). Love the picture, must be a great camera to pick up that kind of detail! PS: On the contrary to Chris I would NOT like to see the look on my face during the final haha ;) Dragonflies are my favorite creature. The mechanics of their wings is very impressive (able to move all four independently). Love the picture, must be a great camera to pick up that kind of detail!

PS: On the contrary to Chris I would NOT like to see the look on my face during the final haha ;)

]]> By: Chris Sanderson http://digitalgarbage.net/2009/08/03/the-patient-dragonfly/comment-page-1/#comment-18256 Chris Sanderson Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:43:30 +0000 http://digitalgarbage.net/?p=1388#comment-18256 Amazing photograph and natural beauty thanks to technology without which my poor eyesight would never have allowed me to see. With this skill, I would enjoy a macro of my face while I take the final in December. Amazing photograph and natural beauty thanks to technology without which my poor eyesight would never have allowed me to see.

With this skill, I would enjoy a macro of my face while I take the final in December.

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