A series of Blue Dasher Dragonfly images taken over a few years. The Featured Image was taken a few years ago and is a 2 image focus blend with a Canon 400mm DO lens on a Canon 7D and a small amount of Fill Flash to brighten the shadows. Subject Dragonfly was 16.7 ft away. When using Teleconverters I usually set my f/stop 2 stops down from wide open for a little more depth of field for sharpness but still have a smoother background. So using my 300mm f/4 lens with a 1.4x teleconverter the lens wide open would be @ f/5.6 because of the teleconverter. So I would set my f/stop @ f/11. If I was using my 400mm f/4 lens with a teleconverter I would probably stop down even more but not always.
I too am fascinated by dragonflies, having seen them a plenty while fishing. At a canal, years ago, saw orange ones, then nearby, we see the almost flourescent blue, so I read a little. Their faces even look like pilots with masks, and they do better what helecopters can, finding their food on the fly.
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Wonderful images, Reed. Love those eyes and gossamer wings!
Thanks so much Eliza! They are fun photo subjects!
Amazing close ups!
Thanks so much! They are fun photo subjects!
The 3th and the 8th shot are my favorites but all the others are beautiful too.
Thanks! Dragonflies are fun to photograph!
I too am fascinated by dragonflies, having seen them a plenty while fishing. At a canal, years ago, saw orange ones, then nearby, we see the almost flourescent blue, so I read a little. Their faces even look like pilots with masks, and they do better what helecopters can, finding their food on the fly.
Yes! They are fun photo subjects! Plus a large variety of dragonfly subjects, so lots of photo opportunities!
Great collection, Reed! Love the face closeups and the obelisk poses.
Thanks so much Steve! They are some of my favorite warm weather subjects!
Really nice shots – such amazing creatures when you can make out all the detail like this.
Thanks so much! They are fun photo subjects!