“Blue Beauty Morning,” by Roelof de Hoog
De Hoog says: “Damselflies like running water, so early one summer’s morning I headed to a brook to see what I could find. After a while I came across two males warming themselves up. They were in the ideal position for a picture that I had in mind – facing each other with a nice, uncluttered background. I used a wide aperture to create some attractive bokeh behind the insects—it made them look as though they were spot lit. Accurate focusing is crucial in a shot like this, so I took two pictures with different focal points and blended then together so that both damselflies were sharp.”
Technical information:
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
ISO: 1000
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter speed: 1/320sec
