Dragonflies

Ok so for my photography class we're suppose to keep a journal everyday so I'll probably end up using this blog as a journal. On the the way from home i saw a dragonfly in my front yard so i decided to give it a try. I ended up using my Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L USM Macro Lens with the Canon 5D Mark II. It's a little tricky shooting these guys. They move around all the time so it was hard to keep my hands steady. Also I couldn't really use my tripod because it couldnt give me the angle i wanted with the correct lighting at that time of day. Oh well, good practice though. My auto-focus couldn't focus on the little guy either so it was just manual the whole time.