Halloween Pennant, male

[Allen Sparks]

Canon 7D, 300 f4 IS, 1.4x TC II, tripod/cable release (mirror lockup)...ISO 400, f16, 1/200s... Jonathan, I took your advice and tried a tripod for these dragonflies. Given I shoot when they are more active though (and on high perches) the wind is more active too and that may have offset some benefits of the tripod.

[Diane Miller]

I LOVE the pose, sharpness and colors here! Not easy to get these 3D subjects sharp.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Pose, sharpness and colors are very nice. You got plenty of dof and even the perch colour match the dragonfly colour, also perfect BG. Congrats!

[Mitch Haimov]

Excellent work, Allen. Unified color scheme works very well, superb sharpness, lovely BG. Composition is strong, although it would be nice for the seed head not to be cut off--looks like we may be near the bottom. If that is indeed the case, would have liked to see the entire head plus a little stem. I would be proud if this were my image. How do you convince these guys to stay in one place while you set up the tripod?

[Jerry van Dijk]

Wow, Allen, your dragonfly images still keep getting better and better (and I didn't think that was possible 2 images ago already :S3:). Sharpness, light and BG are over the top on this one. One or two stops down may have gotten the wing tips pointing away from us within your DOF.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Allen I looked at the image before I read your notes and the first thing I said to myself was, "boy that looks sharp!" Great pose super techs and the perch and background could not be better - a feast for the eye!

[thijs broekkamp]

Very nice pose! Great bg and overall sharpness. Look like it could use some more details (especially around the head)

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Allen. You're really on a roll with these dragonfly images! I can't add anything to the positive comments that have already been made above. This is another outstanding image! :cheers:

[vishaljadhav]

Lovely one Allen
i love the way its composed, great details and a classic BG