Peruvian Dragonfly

[shane shacaluga]

One from the jungle with the telephoto lens. Wanted an illuminated background so worked with higher ISO

D800e
300f4 + 1.7x TC
f13
1/250
ISO 800
Onboard flash fired

Cropped for composition. Usual levels and selective NR on BG and subject sharpening

Toned down perch and tail part of the dragonfly

Comments welcome

[MiroslavMaric]

Hi Shane. Like the light, colors and well exposed dragonfly. If mine, would like to add a bit of canvas in front of insect and try to reduce the banding in BG at the right size. TFS.

Cheers,
Miro

[Jonathan Ashton]

A good shot under tricky circumstances. It would have been very much more attractive if you had bee able to get the rest of the body in the focal plane.