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Dragonfly In Flight

Dragonfly In Flight

Whilst sitting on my porch I noticed this dragonfly flying around. The challenge was on to capture it in flight. This was one of my images I got....
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Whilst sitting on my porch I noticed this dragonfly flying around. The challenge was on to capture it in flight. This was one of my images I got.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 640 Shutter 10/6400 Focal Length 2000/10

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upload_date

Nov, 2017

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103

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+1

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