Greetings From France

So what can you photograph if it rains cats and dogs, in South France

The gutter



But then the air is clearing



The Arize is a lot wilder than usual as it enters the cave of Mas d'Azil



obviously also at the exit.

 

We also passed the cross way with 12 little chapels that I used as Landmark

 

And then the sun sets

 

Thanks, Drizzle and Lisa. Some more then

Yesterday we visited the land of the ntenae people, Andorra. But they all looked like normal, somehow. But -not unexpectedly- a lot of snow:



Enroute, you pass Ax Les Thermes with its hot spring. It's still a bit autumn there:



Dawn, this morning:



and eventually as the sun rises, the valley gets the first sun rays:

 

Thanks, Don and Turbo, still more in the pipeline to come.

 

Thanks, Evo, Edward, Borek

And now, today I made the pic finally, which I had in mind when I bought this camera, a flying dragonfly. One of the most challenging ever.

I have seen more flying dragon flies and certainly in better quality, but I never have seen anything like this before:



See what I mean?

 

yes sure, but there is still something very odd, that I was completely unaware of.

Maybe it helps to imagine a 3D picture -using the fish in the pond-, when I show the whole uncropped frame (15% size). Also, I shot horizontal tilting down maybe some 10-20 degrees



What is so odd?

 

Isn't that an amazing feature of the 7D, obviously I was hunting/tracking him and this particular shot was in tracking/predicted focus and re-focus delay as he is clearly outside the focus array.

Hint: look carefully at the head and body co-ordination.