Violet Dropwing

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Not macro in the true sense, but something I do when the avian action peters out is to take photographs of these little ones. Taken at Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg National Park.

1D MKIII
300mm f/2.8 + 2x convertor
ss 1/400
f/16
ISO 640

[Julie Kenward]

Beautiful image, Gerrie! Oh how much better it would be if her face was towards us but you did a good job on the DOF and still maintaining a sweet BG.

If you look in the educational forum, Fabs Forns did a wonderful tutorial on shooting these insects in segments and then putting them all together on one frame so the insect is in focus from head to toe.

[Danny J Brown]

Amazing color here, Gerrie, that I haven't seen on a dragonfly yet -- hot pink almost! I like the way the wings are over to one side, and both in focus.

[Don Lacy]

Looks a bit like our male Roseata Skimmer's, would love to see some more images if you have them especially views that show the head.

[Jerry van Dijk]

Agree with the others regarding the head. I love how you placed the DF in the frame. Great diagonal lines form the body and wings. I see a lot of noise on the OOF tail. Maybe use lower ISO next time?

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting guys. It is much appreciated. Will look for the tutorial Jules.

[Ed Vatza]

Excellent detail in the wings. Love the color and the background is terrific. Better angle would have been super!

[Vida van der Walt]

Love the wing detail, colour and a great comp. (Kyk nou net waar kruip jy weg Gerrie! Bly ek het jou gevind.;):D)