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the degree of bokeh, or OOF background, is to some degree dependent on the sensor size, in addition to aperture. large sensors make it easy to blur the background into a smooth palette at wide apertures, while small sensors, even with the lens wide open, don't offer the same degree of blur. that's why portrait and wedding photographers really like full-frame bodies... for shots like your DIF images, the softer and smoother the background, the greater the contrast with the sharp, clear dragonfly. i can see why you didn't want a "busy" backdrop for these... the clutter would very definitely detract from the image.
^^ Yeah, I was wanting just a bit of texture in the background to give it a tiny bit of an artsy edge, I guess. I really wasn't looking at cranking down on the blur too much. I might go to the macro setting on my next in-flight attempts and go for that smoother and softer background, see what happens.
Dragonflys were buzzing the Pt. Edwards walkway Friday (8/8). They had better be careful as the dragonfly eating merlin has been perching at the nearby marsh.
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