Flame Skimmer

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Dragonfly season is almost over and I didn’t get much this year, so I’ll go back to a year ago when I found this male Flame Skimmer at a local pond. The BG was perfect and I managed to capture a reasonable DOF, but he didn’t sit still for a focus stack. Canon 5D4, Canon 100-400 II + 1.4X, at 560mm, f/14, 1/130, ISO 1600, handheld. Cropped a little from the bottom and sides and some added to the top. Slight partial opacity cloning on the BG.

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He is a real beauty, Diane. I love the reddish brown against the nice smooth green BG. Excellent shot with nice details in the subject.

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Shirley said almost exactly everything I was going to say, so I’ll just say great shot!

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Diane: Awesome subject and a great capture. I’ve only seen and photographed one of these and it’s been over 15 years ago so I’m :nauseated_face:with envy :wink:. Top notch shot. >=))>

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Beautiful image Diane, I like the diagonal pose and the colors work splendidly together. well done.

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Diane, this is a very striking dragonfly. The pose, perch and background all work very well together.

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Thanks everyone! It was lucky I had the right lens – 560mm that will focus up to 3 feet is so ideal for small subjects that you can’t get really close to. And that lens (the II version) is as sharp as the 600mm f/4, even with the 1.4X III and the 2X III. Hard to believe but true.

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Diane, Lovely dragonfly, stacking done well. Colors are great, hadn’t seen this color before. Nice composition, Background is nice and brings out the dragonfly well.