White-tailed skimmer.

[Dave Johnson]

This was taken whilst photographing little grebes hence the rather large 'macro lens'. I didn't expect too much with the 2X TC attached but think it looks Ok. Almost full frame.

1DX 500F4 II + 2X TC, HH, F11, ISO 1000, SS 1/500s.

C&C welcome. Thank you for looking.


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[Jonathan Ashton]

Dave excellent effort you have a very good image there. I have two suggestions given your equipment - 1) increase the shutter speed and therefore increase ISO, 2) open up the shadows a little.
I appreciate you have IS but I have learned that a fast shutter speed makes an enormous difference to a fairly fast shutter speed.

[Diane Miller]

Very nice! I agree about getting a faster SS, but you did very well with what you had here. This might be an image where some judicious sharpening would help.

I really like the almost monochromatic dragonfly on the green-on-green BG.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Dave. Sometimes those long "macro" lenses produce excellent images! :S3: Very nice comp, exposure, background, and colors. Also, good suggestions for subtle tweaks by Jon and Diane. Very well done!