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MiroslavMaric
08-01-2016, 11:52 PM
The goal was to get the front view.
1DXII, 600 IS II L, tripod, native light & perch. Not other lens used because I was waiting for the birds under the hide and this spotted darter was hunting around me :).
Prefocus (manual focus), 600mm, f/11 (to get deep DOF), 1/1600s (to balance between motion blur of wings & body speed), ISO1600.
I got 2 sharp frames (14fps mode) and due to wings position I choose this one.
PP: crop 50%, tone adjustment.
July, 2016.

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Thanks for viewing and comments,
Cheers,
Miro

Jonathan Ashton
08-02-2016, 06:25 AM
Good and sharp well exposed image. The two large highlights are usually seen as presented, sometimes it is an idea to remove them. i must confess there are times when I do and times I don't depending upon where the image is being featured.