"Lady Dragonfly"

[Gus Cobos]

Note:
This beautiful lady stopped to say hello late yesterday afternoon at Anhinga Trail, in Everglades National Park. She was painted with a Nikon D2x using a Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4 D IF-ED lens, with a Nikkor 1.4 T/C.


Image Solution:
focal length @ 630mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / matrix metering / ISO @ 320 /1/1000sec - f/8 / exposure comp @ +1.3EV / white balance @ cloudy / AF Mode @ AF–C, dynamic range /color mode @ sRGB / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +3 / no speedlight / no tripod - hand held, braced against wooden rail of boardwalk /



Comments greatly appreciated…:cool:

[Richard Waas]

Way to go Gus!! Great detail....... Congrats!

[Glenn Romain]

I gotta get a 300mm f4 , Well Captured Gus.

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Gus:

One word ~ "Fabulous"

Thanks for sharing this beauty

Uncle Gus

[denise ippolito]

Gus, Spot on! Very nice colors in BG!

[Lance Peters]

Stunning Gus - love the sharpness and the BG - Good one :)

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Dead on my friend. Very sharp and well placed. Went to Anhinga for a little bit in the morning yesterday with Alberto and ran into Richard.


BTW how do you know is a lady?????????????????

[SeanKP]

Agree with all of the above. A cracking image Gus. Love the composition and the slightly fluorescent background.

Cheers.

Sean

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice Gus, Nice detail and colours, bg works very well. Nice to see a "macro" shot with a "non-macro" lense. Oscar does ask a good question. Dave

[Alfred Forns]

Fine Dfly image Gus Having the bug parallel to the plane makes all the difference in having it with enough dof !! Big Congrats on this one ... and love the bg !!!

[Jerry van Dijk]

Hi Gus, very nice dragonfly! I'm jealous you can capture these in winter!! Only nit is that the tail is not entirely in focus, but the greatly colored eyes draw so much attention that I hardly notice it. Great colors, excellent BG and I like how you placed the dragonfly and it's perch in the frame.

[Nonda Surratt]

Great DF love the colors in the BG