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Dragonfly

Dragonfly

So, after four years of trying every summer to get a dragonfly in flight and sharp with some motion in the wings I finally managed it. Took me a while but got ...
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So, after four years of trying every summer to get a dragonfly in flight and sharp with some motion in the wings I finally managed it. Took me a while but got there in the end. Not the most interesting of photos, he was flying above water that was reflecting a clear blue sky.
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NIKON D5200

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Aperture 8/1 ISO 400 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 1160/10

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Sep, 2016

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