Common darter coming in to land

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tripod, Canon 1DX Canon 100-400 L IS II & 1.4TC III ISO 1000, 1/1000 sec f11
I prefocused on the plant head and fired the camera with a cable release
I was playing around here, I wanted to show wing blur but I also wanted the head sharp, I think it is just about there.

[John Mack]

Really cool frame here like the composition and the blurred wings on the dragonfly.

[Glenn Pure]

Jonathan, I also like the blurred wings here. I have tried these insects before and found a surprisingly low SS is needed to get wing blur: considerably slower than you have used. Maybe a different species? As you were trying for both the spent flower head and dragonfly in focus (latter in part focus at least), I wonder if you'd have been better focusing a bit behind the spent flower head? All the same, I think you've achieved a good result here.

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Jon,
Cool frame - nice sharp head and perch. Interesting blur on the rest of the bug. Nice one.
Allen