Still Cooperating

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Description

I can’t say for certain that this is the same Blue Dasher as my last post as there were a bunch of them cavorting around Lowes Water Gardens this past Saturday. Whoever he is he was also quite accommodating and gave me a number of keepers. >=))>

Specific Feedback

I made a special effort to arrange the focal plane to get the entire body of the dasher sharp so some of the bud perch may be a touch OOF. Too windy for a stack with my manual focus rig. Your thoughts?

Technical Details

Sony A7rIII
Sony FE 70-200 f2.8 GM-II, 2xTC @ 400mm
ISO 400, 1/100 @ f22

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You are amazing at your Dragonfly photography. You have lots of patience and technical skills to capture these amazing images. Beautiful Work. !!!

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Wow… Fantastic image Bill, love the composition, the perch and the bg is just perfectly blurred.
The detail you got in the wings is amazing, love it.

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Gorgeous, Bill. Yest the bud does transition to a slightly soft look toward the bottom, but it does so quite gracefully and just accents the sharpness of the tip where the dragonfly is perched.

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Stealthy shooting paid off. I like the lines and the soft light. You could get away with lightening the dragon just a tad to help it stand out even more prominently if you wanted. What a treasure trove of subjects in that park.