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Common Hawker in flight

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on September 8, 2010 at 1:54 PM
Common Hawker in flight
Here's another from the recent tour with Barry S. With this one we practised dragonflies in flight with a 600mm and an 800mm lens....great fun i can tell you but i stil suffer.... :wink: :biggrin:

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: F 8
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: -
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm (incl. crop factor)
Handhold !!
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja
/Home-coocked- Sharpening mix
Bibble Pro/Adobe Photoshop CS5

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Posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 8, 2010 at 2:21 PM
Very impressive indeed.
I assume this is not focus stacked ? :wink:
Excellent work.

Geoff.
Posted by Nigel Spencer on September 8, 2010 at 3:10 PM
Indeed Very Impressive

Nigel
www.nigelspencer.co.uk
Posted by Shaun Simpson on September 8, 2010 at 3:38 PM
This is stunning Jeroen superb sharpness :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Austin Thomas on September 8, 2010 at 4:09 PM
Jeroen, This is like introducing a handicap system into the world of photography ! 600mm hand held for a dragonfly in flight. !

Excellent stuff and a nice clean background as well.

Cheers

Austin

Posted by Jeroen Stel on September 8, 2010 at 4:12 PM
Hi guys,

No stacking involved (allthough the tail could use some...)
We shot a couple of hundred of these shots so perhaps i will post some more later on..

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Ian Mason on September 8, 2010 at 4:43 PM
Amazing!! Curiously, I nearly had a go at something similar, but red, that was flying in front of me while doing ducks this afternoon - you've persuaded me it's worth doing.
Posted by Mark Davies on September 8, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Beautifully executed
Posted by Ian Macdermott on September 8, 2010 at 5:54 PM
Very nice Jeroen nice and sharp I would prefer a bit more wing blur :toast:


Posted by Maggie Campbell on September 8, 2010 at 6:19 PM
Great shot Jeroen. It just flys straight out at you. :wavey:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on September 9, 2010 at 1:57 AM
Wow, this is a very impressive shot. Well done. :smile: :smile:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on September 9, 2010 at 7:54 AM
Works really well head on. Excellent technique hand holding the 600! :toast:
Posted by Barry Southon on September 9, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Jeroen

That's the way to do it, I knew my handheld history was not misplaced the pain takes three weeks to wear off.

But what a result.

:wink:
Posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 9, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Super image, love teh shaprness/details! :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Phil Mclean on September 9, 2010 at 3:50 PM
Absolutely superb and the background colour really sets it off nicely.

Phil. :toast: :toast: