Picnics, Off-roading and Dragonflies
Sunday was a gorgeous day. Blue skies without a cloud and no wind. So after breakfast we all jumped in the car and headed off to the lakes in the hills.
Close up of Dragonfly
We stopped at Llyn Syfyddrin for a bit of a walk and a picnic. Somehow we seemed to time it wrong as it was cloudier up here than at the coast and the sun was covered by a cloud when we stopped making it quite chilly on the lakeside. I did manage to take some photos of the views though, and some of Anna and Morgan, as well as some of the dragonflies that were merrily buzzing around the edges of the lake.
We then went ‘off-roading’ and drove along the track from Syfyddrin to Nant y Moch. It’s not too demanding an off-ride drive on my car, but it might be for a normal small car I guess and I don’t think it was too comfortable for the people in the back! Although Morgan seemed to enjoy it
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- Black Darter
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- Morgan
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- Close up of Dragonfly
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- Anna
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- Morgan
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- Llyn Syfyddrin
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I was thinking of getting a new macro lens, but I’m quite pleased with the photo of the dragonfly so maybe I don’t need one!
Forgot to mention that we found a really good echo as well. A sneeze (which is how we noticed it) or shout from the shores of Llyn Syfyddrin produced a really clear and well pronounced echo. Not particularly loud so it wouldn’t be heard on a normal windy day but it was pretty impressive all the same.
Kept us amused for a while anyway.
Excellent photo Alan… Save your money. You don’t need a Macro lens with results like that from your current lens. What equipment were you using?
Thanks Mark,
It was taken using a Canon 450D and a Tamron 70-300mm lens. It can produce some nice results but holding that lens still enough for macro shots is pretty difficult.
Al.