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Hanging Dragon

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted July 19, 201281 views3 comments

Libellula needhami - Needham;s skimmer dragonfly hanging from a leaf.
Canon 7D, Canon 300mm IS F/4 lens with 1.4x TC, ISO 2000, f7.1 1/500 sec.
This dragonfly was hanging from a leaf along the Lake Woodruff trail in the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, FL.

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3 comments

Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on July 19, 2012 at 9:31 PM

I like the hanging pose of this dragonfly and the leaf makes an interesting perch. You have good focus on the head and a nice comp. The background is somewhat distracting since it seems to be in more light than the dragonfly. This is where a flash may have helped light up the dragonfly and possibly made the background less visible. Nice find on your hike, Paul.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 20, 2012 at 5:55 PM

Excellent POF, detail, clarity, & natural color Paul.
Sometimes one has to just shoot them where they find them.
Nice image as posted, have a great weekend

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Rebmann on July 27, 2012 at 8:08 AM

Carolyn & Howard,
Thank you for your comments, much appreciated.
This is an excellent example where time spent in the field making an image can make all the difference. This was an 'on the run' pic, as I had been photographing all morning, then checking out a new trail and trying to get back before it got too blistering hot. Believe it or not, this was about the 'best' background available in the positions I could get in. You suggestion for use of flash is a good one. If the subject was not in danger of flying away, I would have shaded the background.
In retrospect, this image would probably be better with a horizontal crop leaving out the lower portion.
Paul

Registered on July 17, 2012, 31 Posts, 122 Comments