This hawker was patrolling up and down a drainage ditch and would occasionally hover which gave me the opportunity of a flight shot. I was using different shutter speeds to try and capture some definition in the wings. This at 1/800. Taken into the light so plenty of exposure compensation was required.
Canon 1D4. Canon 100-400 L Mk2. Canon 1.4x Extender Mk2. Hand Held.
1/800 @ f9 ISO2000 + 1.3 EC
DPP and CS6
Last edited by David Cowling; 09-20-2016 at 02:53 PM.
Very nice sharpness and colors on the dragonfly! I like the bit of rim lighting on the body - but still nice brightness in the more shaded areas. You might consider selectively reducing the green/yellow saturation of the plant directly behind the dragonfly as it is competing with your subject - a rather minor tweak to a strong image!
Hi David,
Great stop action. Dragonfly looks nice with pleasing blur in the wings to denote motion and fine lighting on the body with good color. I find the background a bit distracting but you handled the exposure well.
Allen