dragonfly

[Dave Slaughter]

Equipment used to take this shot was a canon xti and 400mmf5.6 lens. Camera was set to focus at the center point of the viewfinder. Depth of field with this setup was very narrow. I would hold on a hovering dragonfly and of about 100 images about half a dozen had the head and thorax in focus.

[John Cooper]

Very well captured Dave - this would be no mean-feat!! What shutter speed and aperature setting would you be using here?

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Dave,
Taking these types of images gives new meaning to the word frustration but you did pretty well! I find that these type of images do look a bit better to emphasize flight........if there is something to land on to give depth. Still............one tough capture! PS Please post the specs if you get a chance.

[Alfred Forns]

Impressive Dave Been trying for one and still empty !!! Love it !!!

[David Steele]

Great image Dave. I agree with all the positive comments and am encouraged to try something like this myself!

[Mike Moats]

Hey Dave, I'm always amazed at these flight shots, and you did an excellent job. Well done.

[Stephen Stephen]

Dave very nice image here and certainly a different perspective than the image I posted recently. It may be the same species though.

[Dave Slaughter]

Thank you for the comments. I honestly don't know the camera settings but I am sure I had the aperature as wide open as possible to increase the shutter speed.