Sunday, April 18, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
April Nile Dragons and damsels
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I went down to the area known as banana island what used to be my favorite place to watch the birds and wild life. gone are the reed beds , in by this corrupt Luxor council gone are the trees that once housed all different spiecies of birds and wildlife. all that remains is the grass that grows in the nile the kingfishers still have the mud banks where they have nested and that was the reason I went there too watch the Pied kingfishers feeding the young ones.
i sat in one place for almost 2 hours just taking photos of anything that came into view of my camera. 7 different spiecies of birds. bees butterflies. and not least these damsels and dragons.
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I went down to the area known as banana island what used to be my favorite place to watch the birds and wild life. gone are the reed beds , in by this corrupt Luxor council gone are the trees that once housed all different spiecies of birds and wildlife. all that remains is the grass that grows in the nile the kingfishers still have the mud banks where they have nested and that was the reason I went there too watch the Pied kingfishers feeding the young ones.
i sat in one place for almost 2 hours just taking photos of anything that came into view of my camera. 7 different spiecies of birds. bees butterflies. and not least these damsels and dragons.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Mid April Dragons
finding a dragonfly is quite easy hear in Luxor Egypt the art is being patient. once you see a dragon lifting take two steps back more than not it will land back where it took off from as long as you do not make sudden moves it will stay for you to get quite close. damsels are the same but spotting them in the first place is the hard bit because they are so small. these too if you are slow in action will let you get within a few inches for taking macro. all of todays species have been taken with the canon zoom lens ef 100x400 mm , its a fantastic lens a bit pricey at £1400.00 but I find it so easy no changing lens for a distant shot or a near shot I do not need to get too close to the subject minimum distance is about 4ft as most of these shots where taken.
Can you find it. no point in walking about in top gear when dragon hunting this one waited until I was right by it before it lifted and flew behind me some land up high in the trees and wait for me to go before it comes back on the ground .
Can you find it. no point in walking about in top gear when dragon hunting this one waited until I was right by it before it lifted and flew behind me some land up high in the trees and wait for me to go before it comes back on the ground .
Thursday, April 8, 2010
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Sunday, April 4, 2010
April dragonflies
the red darter is always around even in the winter months
I have not seen this species before its quite small and hard to see when in flight. there was a lot about in the wetlands today see http://egyptswildlife2.blogspot.com/
this one is the hardest dragon I have tried to photo its either in the middle of the canal or in a place where there is water but no access to it. it skims over the water back and fro then disappears after a while these next shots are all taken with my 100x400 lens at a distance of about 40ft.
I have not seen this species before its quite small and hard to see when in flight. there was a lot about in the wetlands today see http://egyptswildlife2.blogspot.com/
this one is the hardest dragon I have tried to photo its either in the middle of the canal or in a place where there is water but no access to it. it skims over the water back and fro then disappears after a while these next shots are all taken with my 100x400 lens at a distance of about 40ft.
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