{"id":2310,"date":"2011-10-06T05:50:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T09:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/10\/06\/1062011-dragonfly-at-the-limits\/"},"modified":"2011-10-06T06:41:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T10:41:17","slug":"1062011-dragonfly-at-the-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2310","title":{"rendered":"10\/6\/2011: Dragonfly at the limits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On my short visit to Henriticus City Park (a historical reenactment site near Chester VA, and the main offices for ZEISS Sports Optics) after work yesterday, I found this dragonfly sitting on the tip of a stripped willow branch out over the marsh\u2026too far away. But, with my new fascination with dragonflies, I had to try. <\/p>\n

I like it as an image. I like the arch of the branch and the final wispy twist isolated against the sky\u2026and the way the dragonfly (I think just a well aged Ruby Meadowhawk) in its sun-posting pose echoes it. I like the evening light of the low sun. <\/p>\n

And that I got the image at all is somewhat amazing to me. The Canon SX40is locked on focus on the first attempt and I shot several images at the long end of the zoom, 840mm equivalent field of view. The Canon\u2019s image stabilization is amazing. Even at 840mm this is a heavily cropped image\u2026well over 50%, down to 2700×1560 from 4000×3000\u2026leaving about 4.2mp out of 12. That is a pretty heavy crop for a Point and Shoot super-zoom! Clicking the image will take you to my WideEyedInWonder site where you can see an even larger version.<\/p>\n

Canon SX40is at 840mm equivalent field of view. f5.8 @ 1\/200th @ ISO 100. Program.<\/p>\n

Processed in Lightroom for Clarity and Sharpness. <\/p>\n

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