I’ve published a handful of dragonfly photos here, including one a couple of months ago of a photo in which I caught it hovering to protect its territory. Here’s another one, and I love this photo because that dragonfly is tack-sharp from a distance, including those wings that are just frozen in the thinnest split second, against the pond, which is far enough in the distance that it picks up the blur of depth of field. It’s a personal and a technical challenge to accomplish that, and I am really happy that I took a photo that came out this well.

August 21, 2016. Nikon D7100 (DX sensor), Nikon 70–300mm lens at 300mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm), f/5.6, 1/2,000, ISO 800.