Dragonfly eyes with D7200

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Dragonfly eyes with D7200

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:idea: Exif shows D7100 because of RAW2NEF conversion

D7200 is a fantastic camera for macro. First of all the 1.5 crop factor makes my beloved 105 AF-S a 157.5mm F2.8
Secondly it has a big advantage compared to my D810 and D750 because the AF coverage is much bigger, which enables to focus directly on a much wider part in the viewfinder.
I hope Nikon will respond to the Sony 7RII who has a much bigger AF coverage than any other FF DSLR...

Weather was excellent for dragonfly hunt today: Humid, warm and sunny. I made about 400 pictures.

Dragonfly eyes:

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And one more...

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And a crop resized to 1000px widest side:

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And a 100% crop of the focus area:

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Re: Dragonfly eyes with D7200

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What causes the 6 angular reflection in the eyes? Is it the 6 blades of the aperture?
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Leen Koper wrote:What causes the 6 angular reflection in the eyes? Is it the 6 blades of the aperture?
Hi Leen,
The reflexion is from the sun or flash.
The shape of the reflexion is hexagonal like each facet individually.

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Dragonfly in flight

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Dragonflies in flight taken from above when they are hanging in the air is relative easy, but when they are hunting it's nearly impossible, and is of course what I tried...
The result is quite poor, but it was big fun! :lol:
D7200 AF did an excellent job though...

The scene
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And a 100% crop
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Re: Dragonfly eyes with D7200

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StanyB wrote:
Leen Koper wrote:What causes the 6 angular reflection in the eyes? Is it the 6 blades of the aperture?

Hi Leen,
The reflexion is from the sun or flash.
The shape of the reflexion is hexagonal like each facet individually.


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Interessant. Mooie foto's
Greetings from Belgium
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