A first for me, never seen or knew about these, when I saw them I thought they were small black tailed skimmers, anyway Steve Brooks's book told me otherwise.
Found in peat boggy areas, which I was in on the North York Moors, also around were small pearl bordered and whinchats.
Tim
D3, 300mm 2.8 and 1.7xTC, 1/160th at F/16 ISO 720
Looks like a tad over saturated on my monitor, I think that f11 for example might have helped here to throw the B.G. out, as it is rather intrusive as are the water droplets. Always worth experimenting with different f stops.
Still an excellent shot which anyone would be pleased to have taken.
Difficult aperture choice with the insect at that angle. With a lot of hard work you could try blurring the background ( but its the bits you can see through the wings that fool you "!! )
Pity because the inbsect is so vibrant.
John R
Difficult to see what else you could have done given the circumstances, but the Bg does rather overwhelm the subject. One to keep on file pending the arrival of a better opportunity I'd say. Eric
Funnily enough Tim photographed some of these on Friday and they are a bit thin on the ground in Norfolk.
Nice and sharp and no amount of playing with F stops would help with the BG.
I dont really find it a problem its very well done.
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6 repliesFound in peat boggy areas, which I was in on the North York Moors, also around were small pearl bordered and whinchats.
Tim
D3, 300mm 2.8 and 1.7xTC, 1/160th at F/16 ISO 720
Still an excellent shot which anyone would be pleased to have taken.
Pity because the inbsect is so vibrant.
John R
Yes a difficult BG, that said it does illustrate it's habitat and it is a nice sharp image of a very good specimen. I like it!
David
Nice and sharp and no amount of playing with F stops would help with the BG.
I dont really find it a problem its very well done.
Major.