One Little Dragonfly Sitting in a Tree
Sometimes, autofocus actually works.
Walking around the backyard, I stumbled upon this dragonfly resting on a tree. Since I had gotten pretty close without it flying off, I figured there was a better than normal chance that it would still be there if I went and got my camera. And it was.
Knowing how skittish these hunters of the sky are, I bumped up my ISO setting and slowly approached, photographing as I went. When I got as close as I dared, I started inching the camera closer, peering through the viewfinder, keeping the center autofocus point on the insect’s thorax. Oh, for a camera with a large LCD and live view (not to mention a large macro lens)!
I got nearly full arm extension before the dragonfly got fed up with my shenanigans and flew away.
The original photo has the full body of the dragonfly in frame, but I think this cropped version is much more interesting.
Great photograph!