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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 25, 201091 views6 comments

Summer finally broke through in the Netherlands! Yesterday I went out to my favourite park and found this incredible Dragonfly. It was rather cooperative and I could approach easily. The only difficulty was that it always chose a perch above the water, so I couldn't get all the angles I desired.

D300, Sigma180mm, 1/160, F7.1, tripod

Ps. Does anybody have a clue about the ID?

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on June 25, 2010 at 7:16 PM

Sweet! I like the diagonal composition. Good details and colors. A little more dof to get the lower abdomen in focus would have been nice but that's just a very minor nit.

I believe this is a Green-eyed Hawker (Norfolk Hawker). Aeshna isoceles
More info here

Be careful as dragonfly's can get addicting!

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Comment posted by Doug Benner on June 25, 2010 at 7:22 PM

Really nice capture, Ellen. I haven't seen one dragonfly yet this year. You did a great job with this one.

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Comment posted by Sam Rua on June 25, 2010 at 11:17 PM

Really nice detail and perspective, Ellen. I think I'd be tempted to clone out the leaves on the right BG.

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Comment posted by Charles Younger on June 26, 2010 at 1:42 AM

I wonder if a little light in the upper left would help separate the wings from the body. Looks like a fun image.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 27, 2010 at 5:53 AM

Ellen:
Nice capture of this beautiful DF.

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Comment posted by Doug Gilham on June 27, 2010 at 4:17 PM

Great shot with good detail in the eye and most of the abdomen. The colors are very complimentary with very nice light...great job Ellen.

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