Blue Dasher face

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Blue Dasher Dragonfly 7.jpg
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Found a very cooperative blue dasher dragonfly yesterday morning.

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Technical Details

Canon 90D, Sigma 150 macro with 1.4x extender, 580 EX II speedlite, Angler 100 diffuser
ISO 400, f32, 1/250s

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Allen: Awesome detail in the eye facets. I like your DOF management to get the entire face sharp. Even at f32 the DOF is crazy shallow at this distance and mag. Really well done. >=))>

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Allen, your dragonflies get better and better - interesting to see other body parts so it’s not “disembodied”. Did you use a tripod?

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Thanks @Bill_Fach @Mike_Friel

Mike, this is handheld. The flash was at 1/8 power which to my understanding has a 1/8000s flash duration.

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Allen, the details in the face and eyes are awesome! Yes, some Blue Dashers can be quite approachable. At my woodland (shady) pond, yesterday afternoon was the first time that a male Blue Dasher came a stayed. I’ve seen brief visits for two weeks and I saw a female yesterday, so I’m looking forward to what happens next…

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Allen, this is superb! Wonderful details in those eyes. Nicely done.

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Incredible detail!! Fantastic image!

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Beautiful, Allen. I like this as posted, but I could also see a version taking everything but the face and eyes black and maybe cropped to a square. If the people who do halloween masks could duplicate that face, I’ll bet it would be a real winner!

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Incredible!! A wonderful capture! I could see burning down the abdomen but otherwise I think it’s fantastic!