Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly, male

[Allen Sparks]

Canon 7D, 300 f4 IS, 1.4x TC II, 430 EX II Speedlite, monopod
ISO 400, f16, 1/160s, fill flash

[Jonathan Ashton]

Allen you must have been pleased when you got this, wow it's a beauty. The pose is just brilliant and the colours exposure etc spot on. I like the perch and background, the dragon is hown beautifully. I presume it was a hot day and it was trying to lose heat or is this some king of display to attract a mate?

[Nancy Bell]

Spectacular pose, head looking forward & wings spread equally!! Great details, great colors, great bkgd. Perfectly captured.

[Allen Sparks]

Thanks Jonathan and Nancy for the comments.

Jonathan, this dragonfly was obelisking trying to cool off on a very hot afternoon.

Allen

[John Robinson]

Love the stance of the insect - colour superb too!
Nice one Allen
JohnR

[MiroslavMaric]

Hi Allen,

I like the pose of the dragonfly and DOF. Have you used direct flash light or tried to use some reflection from diffuser? TFS.

Cheers,
Miro

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Miro, This was direct flash.

Allen

[Steve Maxson]

An outstanding capture of this behavior, Allen! Very nice colors, sharpness, and background. I might suggest carefully cloning some of the small specular highlights on the wings - but it's a very minor issue with this image. Excellent work!