Tatty Dragon

This poor battered thing arrived in our garden yesterday and spent a good while flying around then returning to its perch.

The light was pretty dreadful with strong, contrasty light coming in from top left so I experimented with fill-in flash to bring out more detail.

I also experimented shooting with both my 70-200 (at 200mm, f8, 1/250th) and tamron 90 (f13, 1/250th) and have put both images up here as variants.

This was one patient Dragon - I nearly had its head inside the tube of my Tamron at one point.

Not one of my better dragon shots but I thought it was worth sharing the results on my experimentation.

Title:	Tatty Dragon
Username:	brian1208
Uploaded:	16 Jul 2008 - 7:34 PM
Camera:	Canon EOS 40D
Lens:	Canon 70-200 f4 L IS USM
Recording media:	RAW (digital)
Tags:	Close-up / macro, Darter, Dragonfly, Flash / lighting, Four spot, Wildlife / nature
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