{"id":2357,"date":"2011-11-07T06:31:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T11:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/11\/07\/1172011-female-green-darner-green-variety\/"},"modified":"2011-11-07T06:31:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T11:31:58","slug":"1172011-female-green-darner-green-variety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2357","title":{"rendered":"11\/7\/2011: Female Green Darner (green variety)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is Macro Monday on Google+ so I will return to Irvine California for another dragonfly shot. This is a female Green Darner of the green<\/em> variety (most common\u2026there is a blue variety which I also photographed, but I will save that for another Macro Monday \ud83d\ude42 This was taken with the Canon SX40HS at full optical zoom plus 2x digital tel-converter for the equivalent field of view of a 1680mm lens\u2026from about 6 feet, handheld. This is a fun camera! <\/p>\n

Pulling back a bit to see the whole bug, we have a second shot from the same distance using only the optical zoom for 840mm equivalent. <\/p>\n

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The Green Darner is one of the largest North American dragonflies and, in my opinion, a stunning bug! <\/p>\n

1) f5.8 @ 1\/400th @ ISO 100 and 2) f5.8 @ 1\/500th @ ISO 100. Program with iContrast. \u20131\/3EV exposure compensation.<\/p>\n

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

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