Eastern Pond Hawk

[Joe Trimarchi]

This Dragonfly is well camouflaged when it perches in green vegetation. I saw this one land and it was still difficult to locate it as it blends in so well. This early in the season the Male and Females are difficult to distinguish but as the season moves on the Males change from a green body to blue with just a green face.


Exposure time 1/640 s
Aperture 4.5
Focal length 210 mm
ISO Sensitivity 200
Exposure bias 0.30
Metering mode Pattern
Exposure mode Manual exposure
White balance Automatic
Exposure program Shutter priority
Camera make OM Digital Solutions
Camera model OM-1
Lens Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 + MC-14

 

[nzmacro]

Beautiful shot Joe. Nicely taken.

Danny.

 

[Joe Trimarchi]

Thanks Danny. I appreciate you taking the time to look and comment.

 

[raythentic]

Looks can be very deceiving with these fast flying insects, such shots are usually much harder than it looks. Well done.

 

[Joe Trimarchi]

Thank You. Most of my Dragonfly shots are when they are stationary. I have a very hard time getting any of them if flight.

 

[raythentic]

Thank You. Most of my Dragonfly shots are when they are stationary. I have a very hard time getting any of them if flight.

Even when stationary they usually dont sit down for very long, times when I tried capturing stationary specimens I had a hard time capturing a few sharp ones.