Wow! This is even better than your previous post. Congrats on a truly great photo. Jeremy.

What a good use of 50-200!!! Regards.

Oleg

I love the brilliant colors and detail. I was interested to see how close you were and I noticed the 283mm focal length on a 200mm lens?

beautiful color, great makro.

the detail is just great!

Great detail and such rich colours. Excellent sharpness too. Hard to believe aperture was only 5 at 283mm. I would not have expectes this depth of field.

ya, me too. I was surprised this dof at f5. not sure about the angle of shooting wing viens I get this dof My focus mainly on its wing viens that why I name this title. By the way, this pink dragonfly was facing a pool of water (background)

G'Day to all; I'm a newbie and a first-time poster, so I'll try to keep it short and do my best not to come across as a babbling idiot.

First of all, technically speaking: This photo is sharp; its exposure is right on the money, and the colors (or 'colours' - take your pick) are spot-on; the composition is balanced and provides an unambiguous representation of a beautiful (in the eyes of this beholder), colorful dragonfly unlike any dragonflies we've got in this part of the world, which is what I suspect the photographer intended to do; the background is soft, mottled (sort of like desert camo) and consistently out of focus, which intensifies the features of the subject dragonfly. In a word – inspirational.

BTW: You certainly did max out the reach of this lens/tele-converter combo (283mm); love ZD glass as I do, me thinks I ought to re-consider investing in a Sigma 150mm macro lens.

Ciao!

Sky

Welcome you to MFT! Leon.

I look forward to seeing your posting

You never regret with 50 - 200mm ZD lens on your camera.

Cheers,

Thanks for the welcome.

I'm sure you're right about never regretting owning a ZD 50-200. I currently own a ZD 14-54 but I'm not complaining; it's sharper than some 35mm prime lenses I shot.

I've also shot a ZD 40-150, and for an inexpensive 'kit' lens it's rather impressive; however, it's nothing like your ZD 50-200!

I'm not sure what lens I'll invest in next, but I do enjoy shooting macro, and as I said in my previous posting I'm considering the Sigma 150mm macro. It's got a bit more reach than your ZD 50-200 and a good bit more affordable. I've seen some very impressive images produced by this lens, but who knows, I may end up getting the ZD 35mm macro next - with the 1.4 TC, of course :-)

Ciao!

-leon

What was I thinking, in the 4/3 world the 50-200 (100-400mm) lens has more reach than the Sigma 150 (300mm) macro lens, and with the 1.4 TC - whoa, what was I thinking?