Moment of Release

Posted by Bill Whala on Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:37 am

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Blue Eyed Darner

While capturing a series of these two dragonflies mating, I caught the female just as she released from the male.

Not the best of backgrounds but I takes 'em where I finds 'em. LOL

5DMkII, 300/4L, 1.4x tc, 25mm extension tube, handheld

1/320, f13, ISO 800

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by wtracyparnell on Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:52 am

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Excellent behavior shot, high degree of difficulty to handhold with that setup, well done.

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:16 pm

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Superb behaviour capture Bill! Excellent image, especially handheld - wonderful detail.

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by PaiR on Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:41 pm

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Bill, Murphy's Law takes over when we encounter scenes like these --> either the light or the background or sometimes both will not work in our favour. I like how you made the best from the condition nature offered you. You got both the dragon pretty sharp. Background looks alright to me.

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by Tom Whelan on Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:29 pm

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Excellent image, beautiful species, and a great find. Darners are hard to catch at rest. I agree with Ram said about the background.

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by Matthew Pugh on Sat Jul 26, 2014 5:46 am

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Hi

The background effects are all light produced - you could use flash in this instances, using the flash for the subject and hence negating bright highlights in the backdrop. I guess it all depends upon taste - a neat behavioural image to capture btw

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Matthew

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