{"id":740,"date":"2009-07-05T12:57:21","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T22:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lundgrenphotos.com\/blog\/?p=740"},"modified":"2009-07-22T21:26:57","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T07:26:57","slug":"photo-of-the-day-july-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lundgrenphotos.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/07\/05\/photo-of-the-day-july-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO OF THE DAY – July 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, long post yesterday – just to get to the images! I promise today won’t be so long – mainly because my time is running short.<\/p>\n

Today’s post is about dragonflies! Walking outside this this morning to get some fresh air, I was almost dive-bombed by this little guy (yes, it could be a gal, I’m just sayin’ . . .). He buzzed just past my head and landed on the knob of the antenna on my sons car! I watched and waited, for what seemed to me to be an hour (when in reality it was probably 15 seconds max), to see how quickly it would fly away – it didn’t.<\/p>\n

So, I ran in the house, grabbed my camera and ran back out – no joke! A site to see, too! And I wasn’t too late either – got about 8 shots total, with each one inching a little closer. I was already at max focal length on the lens (300mm), but he didn’t fill the view finder, and I wanted the entire frame filled.<\/p>\n

Think about this, 300mm on a Canon 10D, with a magnification factor of 1.6x is almost like having a 450mm lens and I still didn’t get what\u00a0I wanted! Now that doesn’t mean I don’t like what I did get, it just means . . . I wanted more . . . . . . .<\/p>\n

And as stealthily as I inched closer and tried to get different angles – he had had enough of my antics and flew away! [sadness]<\/p>\n

TODAY’S\u00a0 IMAGE<\/em><\/p>\n

\"dragonfly

dragonfly don't fly away<\/p><\/div>\n

\"dragonfly

dragonfly too, I'm watching you<\/p><\/div>\n

I have decided not to post anymore of the camera data for now. If anyone would prefer this data, let me know and I will add it back to the posts each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow, long post yesterday – just to get to the images! I promise today won’t be so long – mainly because my time is running short.<\/p>\n

Today’s post is about dragonflies! Walking outside this this morning to get some fresh air, I was almost dive-bombed by this little guy (yes, it could be a gal, […]<\/p>\n

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