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Dragonfly Eating Lunch

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted May 25, 20183,664 views8 comments

I just shot this out in our yard in North Carolina. I saw him on a limb and was going to see if I could get a good shot of him up close to show off his pretty eyes. Then I discovered that he was having lunch! Shot handheld with my Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 100 mm L Macro lens with KX-800 twin flash and homemade diffuser. Settings are f16, 1/125, ISO 320. Edited lightly in Lightroom and NIK, and cropped to 86% of original. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Please view in large version for best results. Thank you.

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8 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 25, 2018 at 5:43 PM

Shirley: Spectacular detail in the large version. Marvelous capture of a unique moment.>=))>

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on May 25, 2018 at 6:47 PM

This is really good, Shirley. The detail of colorful eyes is excellent. I think you really nailed the focus right where it needed to be. Shows how critical DOF can be even at f16. Very nice work.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on May 26, 2018 at 9:32 AM

Shirley,

Awesome image. Big view shows off the details very well. I like it and your home-made diffuser did the trick for getting those subtle highlights devil

.............................Jim

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 26, 2018 at 10:15 AM

Shirley, this is a great, up close look at this Blue Dasher finishing off what looks like a bee. It's always a treat to see the eye facets sharply and they show well in the larger version. The dof that you got with your flash is perfect.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on May 27, 2018 at 4:07 PM

Wonderful shot, I like the details a lot.

Congrats
D&L

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 1, 2018 at 12:31 PM

Excellent - fine detail on the important focus, the head. The softer focus of the other parts puts all attention on the head,
and works perfectly.
In the large version, the eye detail is EXCEPTIONAL.
VERY hard to catch these guys still.
Congrats on a fine WP! devil

Sandy

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Comment posted by Norma Tareila Matl on June 1, 2018 at 2:42 PM

Shirley this is great, look at those eyes. Congrats on your WP!

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on June 4, 2018 at 1:56 AM

Great shot of this feeding DF Shirley. Love that eye color. Congratulations on the WP.

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