Halloween Pennant Dragonfly, male

[Allen Sparks]

Canon Rebel XT, Sigma 150mm macro, Tamron Pro SP 1.4 teleconverter
ISO 400, f10, 1/200, hand held

I was hoping this guy would fully raise his wings so I could get the wing tips in focus but he never did...stinker.

[Julie Brown]

I like this, Allen. Nice detail in the head and body with a smooth BG. Pretty good results HH at that SS with your 150mm lens + TC. I'm assuming your lens does not have IS?

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Julie, you are correct this macro lens does not have IS so I try to keep my shutter speed at 1/200 or faster for hand held shots.

[Ken Childs]

Really great, Allen! The BG looks good and the square crop works well with this subject.

[Markus Jais]

A fantastic shot with great light, a perfect BG and fantastic sharpness.

Markus

[Charles Wesley]

Allen,

Really like the sharpness and colors on this one. Thanks for sharing....
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Charlie Wesley
St Augustine Beach, FL

[Richard Waas]

Allen, really nice image. Very sharp for HH. Congrats!

[Charissa]

Wonderful shot, lovely perch, and great detail. Like everything about the shot.

[Randy Stout]

Allen:

Pleasing image, nice techs, excellent background colors,well exposed. I don't know how your camera handles noise at higher ISOs, but would have been tempted to push up the ISO a bit for more DOF.

Cheers.

Randy

[Nick Palmieri]

Nice capture. I like the crop and the BG, the rest has been said.

[Julie Kenward]

Agree with the others - it's a very nice DF image and the complimentary BG really shows off all the little hairs around his body. One question - how does one know a male from a female in this case? Is it markings? Colorings?

[Ken Childs]

Agree with the others - it's a very nice DF image and the complimentary BG really shows off all the little hairs around his body. One question - how does one know a male from a female in this case? Is it markings? Colorings?

Many dragons have some serious color and pattern differences between males and females. In many cases, it's hard to believe that they belong to the same species. In this species adult males are red, females and immature males are yellow.

Here's a female of the same species.
http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=54280

[Mike Moats]

Hey Allen, Great details, comp and BG. Congrats

[Vida van der Walt]

Beautiful image Allen. Love the great detail, wing pattern and colours. Perfect!:)