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Dragonfly

Dragonfly

There were quite a few of them flying around and trying to get them flying was a pretty useless task, they were so quick . . . . but after around twenty minutes...
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There were quite a few of them flying around and trying to get them flying was a pretty useless task, they were so quick . . . . but after around twenty minutes or so, this one landed on the fence around 20ft away so I focussed in a let rip, very happy with the result.
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Canon EOS 550D

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 800 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 300/1

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Aug, 2018

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