Cactusdave
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Counter-intuitive but the Canon 100-400 L IS is a useful close up lens, if rather heavy and cumbersome for that purpose. Used straight without extension tubes it is fine for larger dragon and damselflies. The first image is a broad-bodied chaser and the second a male banded demoiselle and the third a female of that species. Both images were taken hand held with available light at approximately the closest focus point of the lens at 400mm which is 1.8m. In the next posting I will look at the same lens with Canon auto extension tubes.