PESO: Dragonfly

[Henk Terhell]

Thanks John, I'll give that a try. For most other subjects I tend to use 
back button only with  AF-S in spot mode.
The problem with dragonflies/damselfies (as well as butterflies) is 
their unpredictectable traject. Some species have the habit to hang 
sometimes stationary which makes it a lot easier.
But others like the great emperor move for hours very fast on sunny days 
(up to 38 km/h).
Fast AF tracking as on some newer model camera's may be helpful but you 
still need  to get your subject in the centre of your viewer.

Henk

Op 2020-09-16 om 23:46 schreef John:
> I use AF-C with back button focus. As soon as it hits focus, I take my 
> thumb off the back button & it stays there.
>
> Took me a while to learn, but it works a lot better than manual focus 
> works for me off of a tripod.
>
> Even ON the tripod, Auto-Focus works better for me. Gets me close 
> enough that focus peaking in live view will work with my tired old 
> worn out eyes.
>
> On 9/14/2020 07:33:32, Henk Terhell wrote:
>> I mean to say switch to manual focus.
>>
>> Op 2020-09-14 om 13:31 schreef Henk Terhell:
>>> Larry, as much as I like my K-1, in fact the  single-point AF-S is 
>>> not good enough for such small fast moving subjects.
>>> I know that I should switch to AF-C with repeat on but most of the 
>>> time I impatiently switch to autofocus.
>>>
>>> Henk
>>>
>>> Op 2020-09-14 om 08:35 schreef Larry Colen:
>>>> Great shot.  I can barely catch shots of birds when they’re eating 
>>>> seeds in my yard, and catching a bug on the wing like that is 
>>>> amazing.  You must have a really good camera.  :-)
>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 13, 2020, at 1:38 PM, Henk Terhell <hterhell at chello.nl> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Toine, that also looks like the common darter having no mustache 
>>>>> and striped legs.
>>>>>
>>>>> I try to catch these dragonflies in flight but it is like fishing: 
>>>>> sometimes you come home with nothing having wasted a few hours.
>>>>> Here one of my trials of the common darter:
>>>>> https://flic.kr/p/2jyu8wF
>>>>>
>>>>> Henk
>>>> -- 
>>>> Larry Colen
>>>> lrc at red4est.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>