Banded Pennant

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Pertinent technical details or techniques: D500 200-400mm f4 + 2.0 teleconverter (1/500 sec at f25, ISO 1400, fill flash set on TTL-BL -1.7 ev) Levels, Topaz DeNoise Ai, Shadows & Highlights, Vibrance +, rubber stamp for dust bunnies. Many photographers have a love-hate relationship with the 200-400 f4, but this is the ultimate weapon for going after dragonflies coupled with a teleconverter. I took a lot of shots and many were not great, but many came out very nice. This is a very uncommon dragonfly in Michigan. I have only observed it once before at the Duck Pond and this one was found one county over at a friend’s farm pond…Jim

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Very good detail and clean background. The DOF is perfect at f25 IMO.

 You might want to clean your sensor:)
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Sensor was just cleaned. Dry dusty conditions makes any lens changes hard on the sensor.

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Jim, the details here are outstanding. Your dof is also quite striking, with so much detail in the wings.

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Oh Jim, the details in this guy is outstanding. The lighting is good on him, and that smooth background from using your long lens setup just makes this guy pop. Very nice.

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Jim: Great use of your long lens rig and a testament to good technique. Any kind of vibration even at fast shutter speeds can spoil the fine details. Wonderful find and a superb capture.>=))>

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Jim, just when I thought I saw it all you find this little DF. Very beautiful and I love the wings. The details and the background did very well. I actually use my 100-400 more on dragonflies than the macro. The Canon 100-400 ii is very light and fast auto focus, I also have the zoom when needed. Sometimes I am just too close and have to back it off. I also use the 1.4x extender but not happy I loose a stop with it. However, with subjects like this maybe that is ok. You nailed this one Jim

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