A piece of art(The dragonfly and not the frame)

[Prajwal J Ullal]

ID: Paddy Skimmer dragonfly
A rarity spotted in the local garden of Dahisar, though it gave me a tough time framing, this hypersensitive flyer would give off its position with mildest of my movement. Finally managed to get this dorsal view of the beauty

EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 100mm macro
F/2.8(Wasnt a close up shot and also for clean background kept widest aperture)
Shutterspeed 1/160
ISO 400
Handheld, Inbuilt flash used

Location: Dahisar

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice. Perfectly diving the image in half :). Nice colours on the wing. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice wingspread. If there is sufficient distance between the dragonfly and the background then a slightly narrow aperture will also result in clean background. However, we all know that most of the times they perch on bushes and leaves etc are closer to the subject so one may not get the desired background all the time. If you were closer to the subject, then a narrow aperture would still have given you a well diffused background. I wonder how during childhood days I used to catch these dragonflies. Now moving close to them is often becoming a challenge. :)

I will share a full frame image later when I get time.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi