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In flight
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In flight

by Ry Birge

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted February 21, 2018796 views2 comments
I caught this Dragonfly while it a scurrying around my pond.  
Handheld
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
LENS Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
ISO 1600
FOCAL LENGTH 400.0 mm (642.0 mm in 35mm)
APERTURE f/9
EXPOSURE TIME 0.00125s (1/800)

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Marjie Jones on February 21, 2018 at 10:44 AM
Good catch!
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 21, 2018 at 4:11 PM
Catching a dragonfly in flight is quite a challenge.  You've got this one nicely sharp, it would be "nice" not to have the two diagonal bright sticks in the background, but that doesn't detract from the well done, congrats on a good df in flight capture.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments