Natural Selections

Do dragons really fly? Yes, and that is what makes them so hard to photograph. In fact, that is the number one challenge with nature photography. The natural enmity between natural creatures and people makes the task of successful nature photography that much more challenging. The general solution is a longer lens. The effective focal length of the lens used to photograph this dragonfly was 450mm. It is very common to use 600mm and even 800mm lenses for capturing creatures in the wild.