Green Dragon

posted by Andy

I found this guy in some tall grass. My guess is that he had just emerged since it seemed softer than the other dragons and it's wings were a little wrinkled. First shot was taken with stacked macro filters. The second shot is a cropped portion taken with a reversed camera lens.

Canon 300D/Rebel. Aperture at f/22 (smallest hole) for greater range in focus, diffused flash (speedlite 420ex) to compensate for the low light from the aperture, 1/200 shutter speed so I can shoot hand held without motion blur, 200 ISO (film speed) a decent speed without too much noise to offset the shutter speed.