http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/tags/coolnahay/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:49:47 -0800 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:49:47 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6021/buddyicons/65281662@N05.jpg?1311019302#65281662@N05 http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/tags/coolnahay/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/8265602576/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/andy816896/">andy816896</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/8265602576/" title="Summer Past"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8221/8265602576_9d10b049d7_m.jpg" width="195" height="240" alt="Summer Past" /></a></p> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:49:47 -0800 2012-07-27T11:28:05-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (andy816896) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8265602576 53.559074 -7.488558 53.559074 -7.488558 2345272 Summer Past andy816896 ireland female canon insect dragonfly 100mm mullingar westmeath commondarter 550d irishwildlife coolnahay canon550d canonef100mmf28lmacroisusm lightroom4 http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/8035537262/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/andy816896/">andy816896</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/8035537262/" title="A Close Encounter of the Odonata Kind...."><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8180/8035537262_851ae27940_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="A Close Encounter of the Odonata Kind...." /></a></p> <p>A hectic couple of months has left very little time for Flickr or photography. I'm moving this week but hopefully things should be easier after that...<br /> <br /> Quite a lot of life still about despite the recent bad weather. I had a teneral Brown Hawker land on me but I missed the shot...Aaaaaargh!!!!<br /> <br /> Found this slightly dozy Banded Demoiselle and saw plenty of Common Darters but didn't have the time to chase them around....<br /> <br /> Seemed like the autofocus was more interested in my finger for this shot...</p> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 05:47:57 -0700 2012-09-29T12:11:45-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (andy816896) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8035537262 53.539798 -7.474822 53.539798 -7.474822 562015 A Close Encounter of the Odonata Kind.... <p>A hectic couple of months has left very little time for Flickr or photography. I'm moving this week but hopefully things should be easier after that...<br /> <br /> Quite a lot of life still about despite the recent bad weather. I had a teneral Brown Hawker land on me but I missed the shot...Aaaaaargh!!!!<br /> <br /> Found this slightly dozy Banded Demoiselle and saw plenty of Common Darters but didn't have the time to chase them around....<br /> <br /> Seemed like the autofocus was more interested in my finger for this shot...</p> andy816896 ireland nature canon insect 100mm iridescence damselfly mullingar royalcanal westmeath bandeddemoiselle calopteryxsplendens 550d irishwildlife coolnahay canon550d canonef100mmf28lmacroisusm lightroom4 http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/7741991718/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/andy816896/">andy816896</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/7741991718/" title="Give us a wink...."><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8288/7741991718_3e8fcce747_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Give us a wink...." /></a></p> <p>...which is unlikely since dragonflies don't have eyelids. This one kept it's gaze fixed upon me though as I tried to get closer...<br /> <br /> I was trying to get in flight shots of a larger species (Brown hawkers..?) and set the camera to jpeg mode which is why the colours look a little flat. You don't get the full lightroom magic unless you have a raw file :o(</p> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:00:18 -0700 2012-08-08T14:23:28-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (andy816896) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7741991718 53.544693 -7.475038 53.544693 -7.475038 562015 Give us a wink.... <p>...which is unlikely since dragonflies don't have eyelids. This one kept it's gaze fixed upon me though as I tried to get closer...<br /> <br /> I was trying to get in flight shots of a larger species (Brown hawkers..?) and set the camera to jpeg mode which is why the colours look a little flat. You don't get the full lightroom magic unless you have a raw file :o(</p> andy816896 ireland female insect dragonfly 100mm westmeath commondarter 550d irishwildlife coolnahay canon550d canonef100mmf28lmacroisusm lightroom4 http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/7656795100/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/andy816896/">andy816896</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/7656795100/" title="Shiny"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7252/7656795100_f862b8702e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Shiny" /></a></p> <p>A newly emerged or teneral female Common Darter...</p> Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:44:15 -0700 2012-07-27T11:31:12-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (andy816896) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7656795100 53.537455 -7.473092 53.537455 -7.473092 562015 Shiny <p>A newly emerged or teneral female Common Darter...</p> andy816896 macro nature canon insect dragonfly 100mm commondarter 550d irishwildlife coolnahay canon550d canonef100mmf28lmacroisusm http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/7521142352/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/andy816896/">andy816896</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/7521142352/" title="Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8284/7521142352_7d5af318e5_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)" /></a></p> <p>A brief spell of sun brought some of these out today...</p> Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:07:20 -0700 2012-07-07T15:24:14-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (andy816896) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7521142352 53.537808 -7.47385 53.537808 -7.47385 562015 Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) <p>A brief spell of sun brought some of these out today...</p> andy816896 ireland canon insect dragonfly bokeh 100mm royalcanal westmeath fourspottedchaser libellulaquadrimaculata 550d irishwildlife coolnahay canon550d canonef100mmf28lmacroisusm lightroom4 http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/6178777278/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/andy816896/">andy816896</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/6178777278/" title="H.D.R. O.T.T."><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6152/6178777278_05aa37853e_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="H.D.R. O.T.T." /></a></p> <p>View of the royal canal, 3 handheld exposures +/-2EV. One downside to the 550d is it will only bracket 2 shots to a max of +/-2EV.</p> Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:38:21 -0700 2011-09-24T13:27:52-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (andy816896) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6178777278 53.535222 -7.469437 53.535222 -7.469437 562015 H.D.R. O.T.T. <p>View of the royal canal, 3 handheld exposures +/-2EV. One downside to the 550d is it will only bracket 2 shots to a max of +/-2EV.</p> andy816896 canon landscape 100mm hdr royalcanal westmeath 550d coolnahay canon550d canonef100mmf28lmacroisusm http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/6189322079/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/andy816896/">andy816896</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy816896/6189322079/" title="Hoverfly on flower"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6017/6189322079_e47ac161ec_m.jpg" width="188" height="240" alt="Hoverfly on flower" /></a></p> <p>I was trying to get the flower in sharp focus....honest...<br /> <br /> Side note, used picnik for the first time to rotate and crop this shot. Not to impressed, takes a long time and lowered the overall image size automatically. Bad picnik...<br /> <br /> Just noticed cheeky thing gave itself a tag to...<br /> <br /> My browser and flickr account settings are completely screwed up to, not happy</p> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:59:51 -0700 2011-09-24T13:11:37-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (andy816896) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6189322079 53.535818 -7.470359 53.535818 -7.470359 562015 Hoverfly on flower <p>I was trying to get the flower in sharp focus....honest...<br /> <br /> Side note, used picnik for the first time to rotate and crop this shot. Not to impressed, takes a long time and lowered the overall image size automatically. Bad picnik...<br /> <br /> Just noticed cheeky thing gave itself a tag to...<br /> <br /> My browser and flickr account settings are completely screwed up to, not happy</p> andy816896 nature canon insect fly 100mm flies hoverfly royalcanal westmeath 550d irishwildlife coolnahay canon550d canonef100mmf28lmacroisusm