More Dragons

[Housey]

Taking a couple of tips from Mikep I had a go at capturing a dragonfly in flight. This one appeared around my small pond. My combo of 550D and 70-200mm lens really struggled with the focus. Think I should have upped the ISO to 800 to increase the shutter speed.
WDYT?

Pictures taken on a Canon 550D with an EF 70-200mm f2.8L II USM Lens
Both taken at 1/500sec @f5 ISO 400 FL 200mm

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Kevin

[paulr5604]

Re: More Dragons

The first one is my pick nice bit of blur to show the movement in the wings

[tesarver]

Re: More Dragons

Well done Paul

Tom

[Stan]

Re: More Dragons

Almost there with those, I think you could get the heads a bit sharper with a round of usm

Stan

[Housey]

Re: More Dragons

Thanks for the comments.

Excuse me my ignorance Stan but what do you mean by a round of usm.

Kevin

[mikep]

Re: More Dragons

Not bad at all for a first attempt.

My first camera was a 550D, and I'd have been very happy getting your shots using it. You're right, upping the ISO would have given you a faster shutter, and would have frozen the wings a bit more. It's all in the practice, so keep'em coming!

Stan is referring to 'Unsharp Mask' - a form of sharpening that can be applied using the provided DPP software that came with your camera.

Mike

[hhcanon]

Re: More Dragons

Excellent,,if thats youre first go,,,well done, you should be well chuffed