Dragonfly Chase

Amazing that you got both guys in flight, Roger, and in the same plane of focus. I can only imagine how hard it is to get an image like this. I really like the blue/green colors, and the fact that you have two varieties. Their position in the frame is excellent, and the bg works well. As for sharpness, that is all relative. They are both pretty darn sharp for flying DFs, especially for two of them in the same image. My only issue with the image is that I see some odd noise around both DFs, especially noticeable in the larger view. Not sure what is causing it. Excellent capture, thanks for sharing.

Thanks, Scott. The noise you noticed is the result of my sharpening efforts. 1/1600sec is probably too slow for DF flight but had to be used because of the light. I sharpened with High Pass in PS but this increased background noise, so I blurred the background with a combo of Viveza & the blur tool. I'm going to try skipping High Pass & using Viveza on the DF's.

Wonderful capture. Maybe not perfectly sharp, but I agree with Scott, it is great for flying DFs.
D&L

Amazing capture, Roger, of two different dragonflies in flight! Not perfectly sharp, but as others commented, it is very well done for flying dragonflies.

A truly remarkable capture, many kudos for that, especially without flash or a trigger. Your 1/1600s exposure looks like it did a fine job on the DF's. I don't know how your camera is for noise, but I'd think about using a higher iso and f/8 or f/10 for a bit more dof at the same shutter speed.