Band-winged Meadowhawk

Posted by Craig Lipski on Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:13 pm

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Band-winged Meadowhawk
Sympetrum semicinctum

She'd be really intimidating if she was more that 1.5" long!

5DIV
100-400 4.5-5.6 II
f/4, 1/1600 sec
iso 800
Eval -.67
Hand held, natural (harsh!) light

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Good light,
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by rhighercat on Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:35 pm

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Sharp head on image. Nice composition with a great background. Good looking Meadowhawk well captured.

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by Tom Whelan on Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:03 pm

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Fine image, classic pose, looking good despite the difficult light.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:16 pm

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I like the wing arrangement here- makes for an interesting composition. I suppose she is frightening to some small creature!

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Aug 21, 2019 4:15 pm

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Yes, I wouldn't like to come face to face with a monster version! Excellent close up study, Craig.

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