The Emperor Dragonfly in flight

[MiroslavMaric]

5DIII, 600II IS L + 1.4TC III, monopod, natural morning light, f/6.3, 1/5000s, ISO800, full size: 2324x1524 pixels,
PP:NR of BG, selective microcontrast, NR & vibrance,
Location: Croatia, The Island of Brač, August/2014.

For sure this is not pure macro but I guess this shot is for Macro funs.



Thanks for viewing and CC.
Cheers!
Miro

[Arthur Morris]

R u saying that this in un-cropped??? IAC, it is amazing. Love the SH and the sweet background.

What is a macro fun???

[MiroslavMaric]

R u saying that this in un-cropped???
What is a macro fun???

Hi Arthur,

Thanks for comment and sorry for misunderstandings and my mistakes. English is not my mother language. For sure this is large crop and the crop size is: 2324 x 1524 pixels. Instead 'fun' should be 'fan'.

One more note about this photo and The Emperor Dragonfly. I found a shallow puddle. On surface there were a lot of plants and small details. It seems that time of hovering in the air is proportional to the number of details on the surface of the water, timing of insect hunting and probably the lighting has some impact as well. In 2 hours I got around 5-8 similar quality shots. On some other places I was not able to do the same in few days............

Cheers!
Miro

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very sharp image excellent exposure and wing position.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks for the additional info Miroslav. IAC, the image is outstanding. And the image quality held up quite nicely.

[Diane Miller]

WOW! Wonderful!

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Miroslav. Excellent use of your very long "macro" lens! Everything about this image is first rate - light, pose, sharpness, comp, and background! Beautiful!

[Douglas Bolt]

An amazing image. I can't even imagine how you got the dragonfly in the screen with a 600 + 1.4TC. Well done!