- Monitor how a dragonflie behave, they stop once in a while to catch sun rays, so check weather to see if it will be sunny that day
- Dragonflies react to movement, look for a sunny spot on a flower and wait motionless, they will get close to the camera that way.
- Late afternoon is the best time, as well as an abscence of wind
- Use a macro lense makes sense but also an extension tube could be necesary
- Manual focus is the way to go.
- Pre-focus manually and move the camera to and from the subject.
- Shutter Speeds at 1/80 with a 50 mm lense and ISO 400
- Bring insect repellent for mosquitoes
- Infrared beams can help to cut down on the wait
- Set the camera to burst mode as well.Expect a low success rate, a professional gets 1 out of 30 shots.
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