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Dragonflies: Can the 300mm pro match this?

Started Apr 2, 2016 | Photos thread
Photo Pete Veteran Member • Posts: 5,430
Re: Dragonflies: Can the 300mm pro match this?

Excellent shots. The last time I shot dragonflies in flight was with my Nikon D3s and D800. Even with the more developed tracking autofocus of those it was a nightmare to get sharp images. Your ability to do that on m4/3 is a credit to you as a photographer and also shows how far m4/3 has come on.

I love the 40-150. One of my favourite lenses for m4/3, but the bokeh of even very out of focus backgrounds remains distracting IMHO, particularly with the 1.4tc attached. I know your backgrounds are thrown really well out of focus, but do you think some of your shots would benefit from a bit of selective wide radius blur to the backgrounds just to soften some of the tonal transitions a bit?

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