Southern Hawker flying

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• crs (3543)
• [2008-08-07 3:16]

Buna Horia,

Fotografia ta este remarcabila avand in vedere viteaz cu care se deplaseaza aceste insecte. Imaginea este foarte buna cu detalii clare ale corpului libelulei. Culorile sunt de asemenea excelent redate.

Felicitari,
Cristian

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• gannu (14691)
• [2008-08-07 3:21]

Hello Horia,
This is superb and brilliant. Nice shot and good use of shutter speed. Great work. Nice composition. Ganesh

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• nagraj (4870)
• [2008-08-07 3:27]

hi horia,
beautiful capture of this hawker. you just managed to freeze it in midair for us to see the great flight. tfs.
nagraj.v

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• Argus (34981)
• [2008-08-07 3:30]
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Hello Horia,
There is a lack of dragonflies in Sweden this year and we don't see many European species on TN these days, so it's nice to see this in-flight of Aeshna cyanea, sharply caught from a great POV over a natural dark OOF BG.
Great also to see you back in action on TN, even if it is for just a short time before you go to Croatia.
I hope it goes well for you there and thanks for sharing this beauty,
Cheers my friend,
Ivan

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• jignasi (14687)
• [2008-08-07 3:30]

Delicadeza, dificultad y oportunidad en esta captura de una libélula al vuelo. Y es que los foógrafos de naturaleza lo vemos todo ....

Abrazo Horia: Josep Ignasi Tejedor.

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• sandpiper2 (14113)
• [2008-08-07 3:31]

Hi Horia

Quite a reasonable shot of the hawker, cetainly a different POV for this shot. These guys are always hard in-flight so any shot that comes out in focus is acredit to the artist IMO. Good sharpness and the diagonal composition with blurred wings is rather good too.

Chris

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• JoseMiguel (5506)
• [2008-08-07 3:48]

Hi Horia,
So good to see you again here, and as it seems with many pictures awaiting to be seen here.
Precise timing and quick hands are essential to have this shot done.
Excellent capture of the flying insect, I would like to have one of this on my gallery some day.
So have a good travel to Croatia, and enjoy your time there.
Thanks for post this and best regards,
JM

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• mohaiminawang (2)
• [2008-08-07 4:22]

Hi Horia,

Excellent shot of Southern Hawker on Flight.The hardest part, but you did very well.Great shutter speed use.Nice colour and compo.TFS.

regards
mohaimin

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• pankajbajpai (16507)
• [2008-08-07 4:52]

hello horia,

this kind of image always takes me by surprise. i always wonder how these shots can be taken as i failed everytime while trying this.

well composed shot, the green bg compliments the shot well.nice details captured,

well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• Alex99 (18531)
• [2008-08-07 5:48]
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Hi Horia.
I wish you some good weather for some lovely sunrises and sunsets at the beach :) as you have asked.

I wish you so many nice shots as posted now. Excellent in-flight image of a beauty. Superb X-composition and brilliant colour/other details reproduction. We can see even mirror reflection of the insect. It is cool. How does AF work of the lens on your camera? My best regards and TFS.
Alexei.

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• eqshannon (27911)
• [2008-08-07 6:09]

What an odd angle! I am trying to imagine how you took this...I do see a slight shadow of it below. You had a good ISO and over 1/600th for speed so it must have been really flapping those wings. I for one am missing your great images but envy you for all of your exciting travels and photo-op's. Keep on!
Bob

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• MMM (8905)
• [2008-08-07 6:28]

Hi Horia
Beautiful in flight capture.Very sharp with nice detail, colors are beautiful and they match perfectely with the nice plain OOF BG.It sound like you had a fantastic over.Interesting text to.In regard of next year meeting I'm planning a trip to Europe for the end of May.
TFS Michel

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• red45 (30243)
• [2008-08-07 11:34]

Bingo my Friend!
Dragonfly in flight is great prize for every nature photographer! Excellent timing and beautifull specie. Perfect work! BTW - I couldn't catch Southern Hawker in flight, but captured two other species :-)

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• Heaven (6054)
• [2008-08-08 7:27]

Hi Horia!

It's apleasure to see you back and I hope your wishes for your stay in Croatia will come true. I was on the island of Krk this spring and enjoyed it very much!

Your dragonfly is absolutely superb. The vertical point of view adds to the value of the picture. I must have been difficult to catch it! The colours of this Hawker are stunning and he could also be the main actor in a book for children, the would enjoy the chequered and almost carnival insect. Moreover, it really looks like a helicopter...

Maybe the background is a bit too uniform. I can distinguish the shadow of the insect. It would be fine to see it a bit more distinctively.

Kind regards

Markus

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• san (162)
• [2008-08-08 19:19]

Hello Horia, Welcome back. Perfect shot and a superb use of speed. Lovely clarity.San