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A photograph, for a change
On 2015-09-24 14:15:00 +0000, Savageduck said:
On 2015-09-24 08:29:33 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 22:30:16 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2015-09-24 05:05:35 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 00:09:33 -0400, Davoud wrote: Eric Stevens: I wondered. Flying insects are so hard to catch with a camera. Apart from that I doubt if I have seen as many as six dragonflies in the last 20 years. I envy you. If I didn't know you're in NZ I might have guessed you're in the middle of the Sahara, a some thousands of km from the nearest oasis. AFAIK, dragonflies and damselflies inhabit wetlands in every temperate zone, with about 10 species native to NZ. So visit your nearest ... for ceertain definitions of nearest. ... marsh or pond in the coming summer and see some dragonflies. My neighbor here in Maryland has a small pond that provides a habitat for hundreds of individuals. Fossil evidence shows that the largest insect that is known to have lived was a dragonfly relative with a wingspan of approximately 70 cm. A working model of that would make a wonderful radio controlled drone. Think of the terror. Perhaps a little smaller to start with. http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/toys/flight/flytech/dragonfly/blue-dragonfly https://youtu.be/nj1yhz5io20 Is that a rotary wing dragonfly? No. It's a flapper. Sorry, the one in the first link is rotary. Can it carry a camera? Not yet. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Tony Cooper:
My idol in this area is Brian Valentine who finds most of his subjects in his back garden in Worthing, West Sussex, UK. He does true macro photography. He posts as Lord Vetinari in the "Holy Macro" forum on DigitalGrin. Here's his Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/ Me, too: https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/18768309452 and other photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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A photograph, for a change
On 9/24/2015 11:09 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2015-09-24 14:15:00 +0000, Savageduck said: On 2015-09-24 08:29:33 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 22:30:16 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2015-09-24 05:05:35 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 00:09:33 -0400, Davoud wrote: Eric Stevens: I wondered. Flying insects are so hard to catch with a camera. Apart from that I doubt if I have seen as many as six dragonflies in the last 20 years. I envy you. If I didn't know you're in NZ I might have guessed you're in the middle of the Sahara, a some thousands of km from the nearest oasis. AFAIK, dragonflies and damselflies inhabit wetlands in every temperate zone, with about 10 species native to NZ. So visit your nearest ... for ceertain definitions of nearest. ... marsh or pond in the coming summer and see some dragonflies. My neighbor here in Maryland has a small pond that provides a habitat for hundreds of individuals. Fossil evidence shows that the largest insect that is known to have lived was a dragonfly relative with a wingspan of approximately 70 cm. A working model of that would make a wonderful radio controlled drone. Think of the terror. Perhaps a little smaller to start with. http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/toys/flight/flytech/dragonfly/blue-dragonfly https://youtu.be/nj1yhz5io20 Is that a rotary wing dragonfly? No. It's a flapper. Sorry, the one in the first link is rotary. Can it carry a camera? Not yet. Doesn't look rotary to me. http://www.robotsrule.com/assets/ima...-dragonfly.jpg == Later... Ron C -- |
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:09:48 -0400, Ron C wrote:
On 9/24/2015 11:09 AM, Savageduck wrote: On 2015-09-24 14:15:00 +0000, Savageduck said: On 2015-09-24 08:29:33 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 22:30:16 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2015-09-24 05:05:35 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 00:09:33 -0400, Davoud wrote: Eric Stevens: I wondered. Flying insects are so hard to catch with a camera. Apart from that I doubt if I have seen as many as six dragonflies in the last 20 years. I envy you. If I didn't know you're in NZ I might have guessed you're in the middle of the Sahara, a some thousands of km from the nearest oasis. AFAIK, dragonflies and damselflies inhabit wetlands in every temperate zone, with about 10 species native to NZ. So visit your nearest ... for ceertain definitions of nearest. ... marsh or pond in the coming summer and see some dragonflies. My neighbor here in Maryland has a small pond that provides a habitat for hundreds of individuals. Fossil evidence shows that the largest insect that is known to have lived was a dragonfly relative with a wingspan of approximately 70 cm. A working model of that would make a wonderful radio controlled drone. Think of the terror. Perhaps a little smaller to start with. http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/toys/flight/flytech/dragonfly/blue-dragonfly https://youtu.be/nj1yhz5io20 Is that a rotary wing dragonfly? No. It's a flapper. Sorry, the one in the first link is rotary. Can it carry a camera? Not yet. Doesn't look rotary to me. http://www.robotsrule.com/assets/ima...-dragonfly.jpg There is a video on the web page cited by Savageduck which showed it being flown inside a house. I thought 'that's a rather difficult and confined environment. I would rather fly it in the park.' And then I though 'Dogs'. Damn. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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