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Migrant Hawker, head-on
AlanS

Migrant Hawker, head-on (Aeshna mixta)

This was taken with a GH5 and a PL 100-400mm lens hand-held and manually focused. I used manual focus as the AF in whatever mode I used would focus on the background and not the Dragonfly, very frustrating and it meant I lost shots because of it.
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Habitat
Lakes
Location
Blashford Lakes
Date taken
27-8-18
Scientific name
Aeshna mixta
Equipment used
Panasonic GH5, PL 100-400mm lens
KC Foggin
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Two beautiful aerial images of this Hawker! Nicely captured.
 
C
Smashing couple of flight shots Alan.
The AF on cameras is so sensitive to movement nowadays. Luckily with my two cameras you can slow down the re-focus if the subject moves out of shot slightly but its still not ideal and manual focus is the only option especially with a subject like a dragonfly. Not sure if you can do that with the GH5 as not familiar with it.
 
AlanS
Thanks for your replies, most welcome:)

I find the AF on the GH5 problematic. It maybe because it's a relatively new system for me, as I moved from Canon to Micro 4/3's and I haven't quite set it up properly. I'll have to re-read the manual.

Alan.
 

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