With nature, as in other areas of life, patience is an important characteristic to have. I sat and watched this dragonfly for about 30 minutes while it flew about me over a small pond. Sit and watch nature live around you.
For the photography geeks like me: For this shot (which I took during daylight hours) I used a shutter speed fast enough to underexpose the image by about 1.25 stops and used my flash to light the dragonfly. In doing this you not only can stop some of the motion of the dragonfly, but you can also help separate the dragonfly from the background not only with depth of field, but also with light contrast. Oh yeah, manual focus was also a must.
6 comments in “Dragonfly In Flight”
August 15th, 2007 at 23:16
A very difficult capture! Excellent work!
August 25th, 2007 at 12:10
Wow Amazing shot!!! Thanks for the description of your technique too!
August 25th, 2007 at 12:11
Amazing, it’s not often you see one in flight. Congrats
September 28th, 2007 at 9:03
That’s a great shot, love the view from the top
December 30th, 2007 at 4:58
great shot
July 29th, 2009 at 2:24
Nice catch!
I’m admin for a new group and would love to have your midair capture added to the group Darting Dragonflies
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