Halloween Pennant

[Richard Peters]

Hi all, not been around much lately or used the camera too much. However I've just returned from a very wet week in Florida (storms storms and more storms) with a couple of images I managed to get when the sun did show.

This is a Halloween Pennant in the obelisk pose, taken at the Orlando Wetlands Park. Almost FF with just a small amount of canvas removed from the left and top. I may play around with a slightly tighter crop too as I think that would work well, but for now decided to show off the bigger picture as I like the shape of the leaf/perch.

Hand held with D300, 200-400 and 1.4x TC, 550mm, f8, 1/400, ISO500

[Thomas Herou]

What an acrobat!
Nice comp and a perfect bg.
Very good image,Richard!

[Dave Mills]

Richard,beautifully executed. Love the position of the dragonfly and the leaf.

[Ramesh Adkoli]

Nice image, Richard. IMO, angling the leaf a bit left to right would have made it bettter. TFS.

regards,
ramesh

[Kyle Marie Barcelos]

Nice picture, Really like the dragonfly, It seems to be looking right at you very intense :) Great job

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Richard,
I too would prefer a bit tighter crop but the DF and leaf compliment each other nicely. Nice job.

[Richard Peters]

Thanks for the comments all, much appreciated. I've had a few people like the current crop and others say a tighter one would also work, so I guess it's just a personal thing - luckily in this case both are easy to achieve!

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Richard Love the pose and what a perch !!!! Big Congrats !!!!

[Ed Vatza]

Perfect execution. The Pennant, the leaf, the background are all spot on perfect. But personally, I would prefer a tighter crop.