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Dragonfly - Southern Hawker - Aeshna cyanea
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Checkmate




Location: Leicester England UK
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This is a newly emerged dragonfly I found between two conifers in the garden.


Shooting Data:
Camera: Nikon D50 + Tripod
Lens: Tokina 100mm Pro D Macro
Exposure: Aperture P. - 1.6 seconds @ f/16 - ISO 200
Lighting: Natural
Location: Leicestershire, UK
· Date: Sun 27-July-2008 · Views: 2869 · Filesize: 141.9KB, 916.5KB · Dimensions: 675 x 946 ·
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Rating: ********* 9.00
Keywords: Dragonfly Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea newly emerged
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lovemy8514
Location: Columbia SC US
Posts: 2,419
Sun 27-July-2008 09:21

Amazing detail! I like this shot a lot, and commend you on your use of natural lighting. (It's what I prefer as well.)


The clear portion of the wings has the appearance of a stained glass window.
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Checkmate
Location: Leicester England UK
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Mon 28-July-2008 03:14

Thank you very much Smile I wanted high DOF and low noise, and was lucky that the wind completely dropped for a while.
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rdudley
Location: Etna NY US
Posts: 238
Wed 30-July-2008 04:31 Rating: 10 

Wow. DOF indeed. I have been trying with dragonflies for a few years, but nothing like that! Amazing you go 1.6 seconds without movement.
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Checkmate
Location: Leicester England UK
Posts: 2,396
Thu 31-July-2008 03:58

Thank you for the comments. It took a few shots before I got a stable one Smile
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