Blue Dasher Dragonfly 10, pachydiplax longipennis, North Carolina, Photograph, Print

by Eric Abernethy

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Blue Dasher Dragonfly 10, pachydiplax longipennis, North Carolina, Photograph, Print

Artist

Eric Abernethy

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Photograph - Photography

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I grew up around water and loved watching the dragonflies and damselflies. They are masters of flight and living ornaments of art and when captured in detail on print. I can look at them for hours on print but I love to watch them in real time.

Here a Blue Dasher dragonfly is perched over a North Carolina marsh during a hot July day. I really loved the mixing of pinks, a water litly, greens which are lily pads and blues from sky reflecting in water as the backdrop and Im posting two slightly different crops of this photo.

To get shots like this it takes a little patience and practice following fast moving objects. Im using a SB800 flash mounted on my camera and with a soft box over the flash. Using a strobe is key when trying to obtain detailed sharpness in dragonfly photography. The flash will stop motion as much as it can while dragons are in flight and will produce tack sharp images when dragons are resting on something even if there is a bit of wind motion. The flash will also provide much needed fill light for contrasty sunny conditions.

This newest set of dragons are the sharpest and most detailed photographs I have ever taken of dragonflies. They would make for some cool t-shirts.

I am grateful for your visit to my natural world photography galleries here on Fine Art
America and on my Pixels website. My work is available in print mounted or unmounted, framed print, acrylic print, metal print, wood print, canvas print, greeting cards, t-shirts, posters, bed spreads, tote bags and many other ways. Sizes range from the 5" x 7" greeting card to 72" wide many cases! All materials are archival and printed for lifetime use in a home or in an office or a hotel chain and even an educational setting.

For more Apparel ordering options please visit my Pixels website at

https://1-eric-abernethy.pixels.com/

Thank you

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July 14th, 2020

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