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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