Migrant Hawker

[David Cowling]

This hawker was patrolling up and down a drainage ditch and would occasionally hover which gave me the opportunity of a flight shot. I was using different shutter speeds to try and capture some definition in the wings. This at 1/800. Taken into the light so plenty of exposure compensation was required.

Canon 1D4. Canon 100-400 L Mk2. Canon 1.4x Extender Mk2. Hand Held.

1/800 @ f9 ISO2000 + 1.3 EC

DPP and CS6

[Brian Desjardins]

Awesome shot, love the colors, the body is nice and sharp, the wing movement just gives that extra feel of motion.Good job !

[Steve Maxson]

Very nice sharpness and colors on the dragonfly! I like the bit of rim lighting on the body - but still nice brightness in the more shaded areas. You might consider selectively reducing the green/yellow saturation of the plant directly behind the dragonfly as it is competing with your subject - a rather minor tweak to a strong image!

[Allen Sparks]

Hi David,
Great stop action. Dragonfly looks nice with pleasing blur in the wings to denote motion and fine lighting on the body with good color. I find the background a bit distracting but you handled the exposure well.
Allen

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great stuff David nothing short of miraculous with two TCs love the colours - well done.