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Female Emporer Dragonfly

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Posted by Peter Woods on July 27, 2009 at 7:21 AM
Female Emporer Dragonfly
Taken at Normans pond, Fishers Green, Lee Valley Regional Park, UK

Canon 1Dmk3, EF100-400 + 1.4x Conv, @560mm, iso400, 1/500th sec, f8, handheld, cropped.
Posted by John Robinson on July 27, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Good shot of one "doing what they do "I quite like the reflection too which is unusual for me !
Cheers
johnR
Posted by Matt Cole on July 27, 2009 at 10:05 AM
nice shot Peter, lovely colours and nice soft lighting. A slightly lower viewpoint may have improved it further but I realise this often isn't practical at the side of a pond.

Matt
Posted by David Taylor on July 27, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Excellent behavioural image. The colours are great and I really like the reflection.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Craig Jones on July 27, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Like the portrait format here, great detail, lovely image :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 27, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Excellent detail and clarity and great shot showing their egg-laying business.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Bob Cox on July 27, 2009 at 1:03 PM
I like the deeper depth of field you have in this picture yet retained clarity in the subject.

Bob.
Posted by Chris Lloyd on July 27, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Cracking. I know that pond like the back of my hand. Its a great place. Cornmill meadows is also worth a look for Dragons and Damsels.

Chris.
Posted by Fran French on July 27, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Like this very much, a great behavioural shot.

Fran :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on July 27, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Hi Peter

Very nice - I took some similar images some weeks ago but my lighting wasn't as nice as this!

David :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on July 27, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Really nice this, great sharpness for handheld too. :smile:
Posted by Paul Ashton on July 27, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Excellent shot. Great to see the such action. Well taken.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 27, 2009 at 7:56 PM


Nice shot of a super critter Peter, like it.

Andy...
Posted by Peter Woods on July 28, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Thanks all, much appreciated :smile: