Kingbird with Dragonfly

[Allen Sparks]

Canon 7D, Canon 400 f4 DO, 1.4x TC II, monopod
ISO 800, f8, 1/400s

[arash_hazeghi]

great pose and nice BG, the catch is a plus, head details don't look great however did you apply noise reduction to the bird?

[Wynand van Wyk]

Lovely catch and background. Ditto Arash on the noise reduction.

Well captured!

[Satish Ranadive]

Great action capture.Lovely.

[Stu Bowie]

Allen, thats a fair size dragonfly he caught there, and he's given you the perfect pose to show it off. I dont think you have lost IQ from NR, I feel your ss has let you down.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Not a good day to be a dragonfly, I guess. Good angle and BG. The critical focus seems to be behind the head....feet and wings appear much sharper.

[Allen Sparks]

Thanks everyone for your comments. I was wondering about the sharpness of the image and I guess it just does not cut the mustard.... This vertical crop was from an horizontal image and I imagine the crop size is what is causing most of the softness.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Allen, I would love to have one of these images in my collection. I agree the image is a bit soft and that's too bad as you really did nail the shot otherwise.