Dragonfly

[AndyMackie]

Caught this pretty little thing during the recent trip to Thailand
Andy

5D3, 70-200 f2.8L IS ii @ 200/f5, ISO 400 @ 1/500, 580Exii flash on HSS, RRS tripod/ballhead.

20130223-BNE_1308.jpg by AndyMackie1, on Flickr

[AndyMackie]

Re: Dragonfly

Regarding the 503 thing, when I posted this I got the 503 message twice, then tried preview and got a picture and voila
Like most fixes its probably not going to work for everyone but its at least another idea
Andy

[tesarver]

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Beautiful Colors on it. Andy

Tom

[Stan]

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What a great looking dragon and well captured

Stan

[paulr5604]

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Nice shot love the colours

[BobaPhil]

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Beautiful shot...Did you stack it?

[colin C]

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That is an amazing dragonfly.

[AndyMackie]

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Thanks everyone for the kind comments - they were beautiful insects with the 2 pairs of wings operating completely independently from one another, quite fascinating to watch.
Phil, no I didn't stack it - that's a technique I still have to try. I may be wrong but I believe the DOF at 200mm from a 1.5 metres away is just better than, say, closer up at 100mm through a macro lens.
Andy

[AndyA]

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A lovely shot Andy.

[paul linton]

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Great colour, with the focus been spot on, nice clean background too.

Paul

[Coryman]

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Nice shot, Getting good DOF with these insects is always a challenge. I am waiting for the warmer weather so I can have a crack at some of one I see down on the river.

Ian

[Alan Campbell]

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Great detail

Alan

[Hereford_EOS]

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Wonderful image

[AndyMackie]

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Thanks everyone.
I'm going back to this spot again tomorrow hunting kingfishers so need to get to bed now (!) but I was there last week and these dragonflies were still in abundance then, but only in a strip about 30m long - what a wonderful world we live in.

Ian, I have better luck with DOF with my long lenses and then crop than I do with my macro. I still love my macro but you have to be practical and these little things dart about too much for a macro, in my opinion.
Andy

[Coryman]

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Very nice shot, the colours are fabulous. Can't wait for the warmer weather to to draw out some of our native creatures.

Ian