DIF

[MSnowy]

Dragonfly in flight. I was out looking for some birds and this guy flew by. Nikon 500mm f4 on D3s

 

[D-B-J]

With a 500mm lens?! Sniper!

 

[MSnowy]

With a 500mm lens?! Sniper!

Yup 500mm I was after this guy when the Dragonfly ventured by.

 

[Rick50]

That's a nice lens. Good job. I want the Canon equivalent.

 

[MSnowy]

That's a nice lens. Good job. I want the Canon equivalent.

Thanks. I just realized that I had the 1.4 TC on the lens when these were taken.

 

[coastalconn]

Very nice dragon!

 

[bribrius]

how did you even do that? Even at 300 mm I have trouble tracking anything nevermind a dragon fly!.

 

[Gary A.]

The DIF is quite nice.

 

[Raj_55555]

With a 500mm lens?! Sniper!

Agreed.. that is one of the most remarkable piece of work I've seen here.. You must have been pretty far away, how did you even see it through the viewfinder?

Nominated for POTM october.

 

[annamaria]

Really nice!

 

[paigew]

Awesome shot


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[JacaRanda]

Sweetness!

 

[MichaelHenson]

Amazing!

 

[bulldurham]

I used an 80-400 on the D810 at a decent distance shooting 1/640 @ f:6.3 with an ISO of 320 for my dragonflies ("Four-Strokers.") I keep the ISO a little higher because in the swampy areas I go from light to darkmultiple times in a single pan. All of mine are hand-held. The 500MM intrigues me enough to rent one to see if I like it more than the 80-400.

 

[baturn]

Very nice! And I echo all the comments about tracking with that strong telephoto. The Osprey is not shabby either.