I’ve been enjoying trying for dragonflies with the IQ and reach of the Canon R5 and 100-500 + 2X. I got lucky yesterday.
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All comments welcome!
Technical Details
Is this a composite: No
Canon R5, 100-500 + 2X at 1000mm, f/14 (wide open), ISO 1600, 1/800 sec. I was on a tripod with only a little tension on the Wimberley II gimbal head, for easy composition adjustments. The BG is water. I had a narrow window to shoot through in a thicket of tule.
Lightening of shadows in LR, denoise in PS but hardly noticeable at this size. Very minor cleanup of the perch. Cropped to 42% of the full frame.
They are certainly preoccupied. Nice and sharp and clean image. I like the exposure on the whites and light blue. Looks great but overall image seems a bit dark. BG does provide a nice contrast for the whites tho.
Very nice capture of these two. Looks like the f/14 got everything sharp, top to bottom. I don’t think it looks too dark on my screen. The skimmers wouldn’t suffer from a bit of brightening, but I think they are acceptable as presented, and the bg is great.
Wow, Diane, what a find and capture. Exposure looks good on my screen. The water makes a nice background that lets the stem and the DF’s stand out nicely.
Diane, a fine catch of this mating pair. I also like both their shadows and the stem shadow below. Cropping to move them off center, could be interesting, but not necessarily an improvement.
Thanks everyone! @Mark_Seaver, I don’t care for centered subjects but when there is nothing to provide some visual weight to offset it, I usually feel centering is the best option. I’ll have to look back, but I think there was an OOF reed on the left that I l cropped out. I could possibly move it closer and use it for a balancing element, or remove it and allow more canvas on the left.
