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Dragonfly

Dragonfly

I enjoy the early mornings, looking for dragonflies & butterflies warming up in the grass.This particular piece of grassland has lots of wildlflowers at the...
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I enjoy the early mornings, looking for dragonflies & butterflies warming up in the grass.This particular piece of grassland has lots of wildlflowers at the end of spring. With this image I wanted to display the dragonfly in it's environment, and take a slightly different approach to macro.
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camera

Canon EOS 40D

settings

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Aperture f/3.2 ISO 400 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 150/1

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Mar, 2016

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168

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+23

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Wonderful use of depth of field, light and composition. This is a beautiful work of art as well as an exceptional photo.

I love this. just beautiful

Very pretty soft colours and the dragon fly stands out beautifully.

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