"Golden Girl"

[Gus Cobos]

“Golden Girl”

This beautiful lady stopped for a rest one afternoon in my Pops garden. 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 /1/1250sec - f/8 / exposure comp @ +0.7EV / white balance @ cloudy / AF Mode @ AF–C, dynamic range /color mode @ sRGB / tone comp @ +2 degree / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +2 / no speedlight / no tripod - hand held, braced against palm tree /

Comments greatly appreciated…:cool:

[Kerry Perkins]

Gus, another beautiful DF shot! I just love the colors and minimalist structure of these creatures. I am a little surprised at the shallow DOF that you got with the aperture and shutter speed. I'm guessing that the wingspan is fairly significant. Were the wings in motion?

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice Gus, nice and sharp and wonderful colors in bg. Good one, Dave

[denise ippolito]

Gus, She sure is a beauty! BG is lovely!!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gus - another stunner ! Love the BG colours :)

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Gus:

You have the Dragon Fly market cornered with fascinating beautiful captures.

Many thanks for sharing

Uncle Gus

[Katie Rupp]

Gus, I love the bg and the metallic gold sheen on your dragonfly.

[Harold Davis]

the bg is stunning! love it. the df is perched nicely on the stick also, waiting for his photograph to be taken!

[Alfred Forns]

Got a winner Gus Particularly like the beautiful bg !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Yes, the wings were moving Kerry; this is why I could not get the even sharpness that I wanted on all four...These little guys are a charm to photograph...:):cool:

[Jackie Schuknecht]

They look so delicate and have magical wings. Lovely BG Gus.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great one my friend. Very well composed and exposed !!!! Glad you were able to catch up today. Will have to get there earlier next time.