Pentax Dragonfly in flight

I have been trying to take a dragonfly shot... you know the ones, dragonfly attached to a stick, drying its wings or whatever... but I never could, they would always take off before I could get one... or else the shot I did get was OOF, and not worth keeping.

I decided to keep this one *and* post it. Never thought I would manage a shot with a manual lens, let alone a shot of a dragonfly flitting about the yard. Its the only one I kept, and yes, lots of PP, sharpening, noise reduction and some CEP.

I'm fairly pleased with it :)

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Dragonfly in Flight by kyte50, on Flickr
 
A very beautiful shot, I would be proud of this :) Which camera/lens did you use?
Thanks, Christina :) it was the K-5 plus k55 f/1.8. The EXIF data lies, because I completely forgot to tell the camera the focal length was 55 (I had had a 200mm on it just before). ah well...

the OOF is lovely as well.
Thanks Luke. I had the lens set at f/1.8 or 2, and the dragonfly was between me and the grass (thats my long lawn!! Mowed today though) and closer to me, than to it.
 
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