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Dragon edit 4th of July



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cameraNIKON D90

settings Aperture f/5.6 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/80 

upload_dateJul, 2012

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53 Comments |
PSJPhotography
 
PSJPhotography July 04, 2012
Fantastic shot!
Sturch
 
Sturch July 05, 2012
Wow. This is fantastic.
ricej2 Platinum
 
ricej2 July 05, 2012
Amazing!!!
MRL2011 PRO
 
MRL2011 July 06, 2012
fun shot
Duff
 
Duff July 07, 2012
Awesome!
tsambaproductions
 
tsambaproductions August 03, 2012
congrats
PhotoAlaska
 
PhotoAlaska August 03, 2012
nice
catini
 
catini August 03, 2012
Nice, congrats on your feature!
TAHammer
 
TAHammer August 03, 2012
That is Fantastic! Congratulations on your feature
PSJPhotography
 
PSJPhotography August 03, 2012
Congrats on the feature!
Duff
 
Duff August 03, 2012
Congratulations on Your Feature!
ZachRosa
 
ZachRosa August 03, 2012
Congrats
iceman2
 
iceman2 August 03, 2012
Congrats!
tetvet PRO+
 
tetvet August 03, 2012
beautiful, congrats
andrei_bilibau_3130
 
andrei_bilibau_3130 August 03, 2012
awesome shot
mantaf
 
mantaf August 03, 2012
Fabulous shot congrats
Marian
 
Marian August 03, 2012
Congrats on the feature!!!!!!!
nora_crane_6858
 
nora_crane_6858 August 03, 2012
An amazingly captured photo. Congratulations! :)
jesusfreak3520
 
jesusfreak3520 August 03, 2012
Wow. Fabulous capture! Congrats on the feature!
SarahKeates
 
SarahKeates August 03, 2012
Brilliant! Congrats on your feature!
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mstoltz1022 August 03, 2012
Congrats on the feature!
DearTam
 
DearTam August 03, 2012
Fabulous macro!
rachmonte
 
rachmonte August 03, 2012
Great shot!
SFalagario_photos
 
SFalagario_photos August 03, 2012
Amazing shot!
Batesphoto
 
Batesphoto August 04, 2012
Nice job - good for you, congrats on the recognition.
gr8t
 
gr8t August 04, 2012
Congrats on feature... well done !!
disneymamom PRO+
 
disneymamom August 04, 2012
fabulous..congrats on feature!
achal_shah
 
achal_shah August 04, 2012
Wonderful! Superb! Fave...
jgalarza70 PRO+
 
jgalarza70 August 05, 2012
Very nice congrats on the feature
luvmtnlife PRO+
 
luvmtnlife August 05, 2012
awesome!
rkperry215
 
rkperry215 August 06, 2012
Nice shot!
debzee
 
debzee August 06, 2012
wow this is great
cilla8 Platinum
 
cilla8 August 07, 2012
Greattttttttt capture!! Congrats on feature!!
DeonG
 
DeonG August 08, 2012
Incredible image with wonderful action!!
Batesrc2 PRO+
 
Batesrc2 August 09, 2012
Thank you all very much. I sent notes to each of you I think.
Jewel
 
Jewel August 11, 2012
Awesome! Congratulations on your feature!
Hollywood352
 
Hollywood352 August 17, 2012
coool =]
Page1122
 
Page1122 August 19, 2012
Brillant shot!
canon7d
 
canon7d August 21, 2012
Great capture, I,v been working on dragonflys pics the last few weeks.
rajeevalochanperubhotla
 
rajeevalochanperubhotla August 27, 2012
wow amazing
nitti
 
nitti August 28, 2012
Unique....great work
Batesrc2 PRO+
 
Batesrc2 October 06, 2012
Looks like a BMW to me.
sayan200517
 
sayan200517 November 17, 2012
wow !!
NinaKling
 
NinaKling December 20, 2012
great shot - congrats!!!
GBloniarz
 
GBloniarz December 28, 2012
Iridescently interesting! Congrats to you!
Etna PRO+
 
Etna February 19, 2013
Awesome
GordonD
 
GordonD March 03, 2013
Congratulations! great shot
JonHurdWildImage
 
JonHurdWildImage March 04, 2013
Could you possibly explain how you managed to get a shot like this? Thanks :)
gunners42 PRO+
 
gunners42 April 24, 2013
Wow, excellent - Congrats!
Phototech
 
Phototech June 23, 2013
This is awesome very nice work!!!!
Batesrc2 PRO+
 
Batesrc2 July 03, 2013
Taken on the 4th last year down by the river with a 400mm in the shade. Going back in the morning. On the 4th.
onyanita PRO+
 
onyanita April 03, 2014
great pov...congrats on the Feature
beckyreding PRO
 
beckyreding August 21, 2017
THIS IS BEYOND AWESOME
Batesrc2 PRO+
Batesrc2 August 30, 2017
Thank you.

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Behind The Lens

Location

In the river by my house in Northern Illinois.

Time

Early morning.

Lighting

It was in the shadows over the river.

Equipment

Nikon D90 with a 400 mm hand held.

Inspiration

I was trying to catch it with as large of a file size as possible.

Editing

I increased the definition and tweaked the vibrancy.

In my camera bag

Now a Nikon D800 with the VR 80 to 400 mm. and the Nikon D90 with a VR 18 to 195

Feedback

Work to first find the subject and make sure to position yourself so the background is what you are looking for first. In this case I was in the river and had a nice dark shadow background and enough light on the subject to get what I was looking for. Do not be afraid to take plenty of shots while experimenting. Sit and wait for as long as you need to for the Dragon fly to wonder what you are and look right at you. I always wear Camo for the other animals but do not think it helps for shots like this one.

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