Dragonfly

by Earl on July 13, 2009

in Photography

DragonflyWhen I made this photo my attention was of course focused on this beautiful blue and black dragonfly. It was only when reviewing the photograph during post processing I noticed the wonderful purple/magenta/green colors mixed together in the bokeh qualities of the background. I love those colors together.

I was lucky to get the photo at all–shooting handheld at 300mm from approximately 8 feet under low light conditions–thank goodness for Nikon’s VR function and a sometimes steady hand. ;-)


Note: I’ve another photo of this same dragonfly in black and white I may publish later.

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1 yz July 14, 2009 at 12:55 pm

a really delicate shot

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2 Anita Jesse July 14, 2009 at 1:41 pm

How lovely. Those colors set off the dragonfly beautifully. I love those little surprise gifts we sometimes get in a photograph.

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