Brilliant Emerald Dragonfly-Somatochlora meta
Uploaded: April 24, 2007
Hi Guys,
One of the rarest and most beautifull species of dragonflies we have in Holland and one that i've spend several years on finding and trying to capture a decent image of is the Brilliant Emerald. (We call it a "metal-shine-dragonfly")
This week was my lucky week as I found a place where several roam the area and allthough they are not easy to capture I managed to get some shots of this beautiful species!
I hope you will enjoy viewing this as I did capturing it!
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
p.s: The "halo-looking" lighter part at the tail is actually light coloured hair!
Canon 20D
Shutter speed: 1/400 sec
Aperture: F 9,0
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: - 1 1/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: no
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI focus
ISO: 200
Lens: 150mm F2.8 Macro
Focal length:240 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
90% of Full Frame
Handheld
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Lab-S
Brenda c. McFarland April 24, 2007
Wow! he is very beautiful. So shiney too. You did a wonderful job catching him. #643817Richard D. Cox April 25, 2007
I love taking dragon photos. I just wish yours was a little larger so I could see more detail. Very nice. #4208603Joan Kocak April 25, 2007
gorgeous, love your presentation as always- #4209757Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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