Green Darner

Itallica, on October 7, said:

View2 a zoom. (play on 'room to a view', second viewer, in case the comment is too obscure). Is this for real? Great detail "Bits"

someGuyinmasset, on October 7, said:

What a cool bug! Great detail on him Bits.

Norrel, on October 7, said:

It's a cyclops! It's looking at me with it's one yellow eye!

Nice bug, Bits. You're lucky it posed for you.

diannemcd, on October 7, said:

Brilliant photo, amazing when you enlarge it, the detail is fantastic.

Bits-n-Pieces, on October 8, said:

Thanks Tery, Guy, Norrel, and Dianne ! Well, when I saw this thing in the yard early in the morning, I thought at first it was a humming bird, it seemed so big. Then it came and landed on the seedhead right next to me, so I had to grab the camera, thinking I was witnessing some rare insect! LOL was on me. When I went to look it up, it's the first dragonfly listed in both my big books, and is apparently very common: The Common Green Darner (Anax junius). Well, its not common to me! It was HUGE! The head was about 3/8 inch in diameter.

Itallica, on October 8, said:

Hi Bits is there such a thing as an uncommon green darner? It sure is big. And you say it waited for you to fetch your camera!

Bits-n-Pieces, on October 8, said:

well, there's a Giant Darner, that's supposed to be even bigger. But this thing sure seemed pretty Uncommon to me! But apparently Green Darners are the State Insect of Washington State, so I guess they must be pretty common there. From looking at a few websites, I guess this is a female. The males have blue 'tails' or whatever one calls the back parts that are brownish on this one. And yeah, it just rested there for quite a while. LOL, it didn't just allow me to pull out one camera. I tried all three!

whoelius, on October 8, said:

Bloody hell, Bits. Checking out the EXIF here really shows your smarts with this one.

On first glance it looks like you might have used a macro lens, such is the detail.

Bits-n-Pieces, on October 9, said:

Hey who - Thanks!! I didn't think much of the quality of the shot when I first was looking through things. I'd completely forgotten what I'd set the ISO to until later in the day when trying to shoot something else. I was AMAZED! Sure says a lot for the quality of the new camera!

whoelius, on October 24, said:

Which lens was this with?

I'm sorry I ask so many questions :D

steve111, on October 28, said:

Nice colour to your dragon mine was way less colourful. interesting ISO and yep you are right. I know BNP has a 18-200mm mostly on the camera will be interesting to see the reply.steve

kamalyn, on October 28, said:

Hi Steve and who! (I'm gonna be lazy and confuse you by not re-signing in to say 'Thanks'!) The lens was my standard 18-200 Nikkor VR zoom. The light was so low that standing several feet away and using this camera/lens was the only one where I could see enough to be sure it was in focus. But I just took the shot as a bit of a lark, not thinking I'd get anything usable with that ISO. What a pleasant surprise!