Dragonflies and Damselflies

[Click]

Beautiful! Another great shot. That's the Aerial refueling position.

 

[Maximilian]

As always - sometimes good sometimes so so (or even worst!)... And to satisfy Maximilian's thirst for DIF - few more old photos.

My thirst was already quenched beforehand. But thank you for that beautiful gallery to watch.
I just wanted to encourage you to do something else, when bird don't want to pose. But...

I'm taking photos of DIF when in proper mood and it never happens at the temperature as it was yesterday! I was all sweat...

... that I can fully understand. If the mood and the patience is not there, better just watch and enjoy them.
Or go home and enjoy the cool AC

 

[Maximilian]

... These are the last seconds of that par: they did pass too close to a duck (sorry Maximilian, that's the life!!!). ...

I can bear that. Not only the thought, but also the direct sight.
I am tougher than you think

 

[AlanF]

Pretty grim afternoon but I saw a Migrant Hawker disappear into a bush and just managed to locate it, well hidden. It was curved towards me at a difficult angle so I did a focus stack with the R5ii + 200-800mm.

 

[Click]

Great details in your picture. Well done, Alan.

 

[Maximilian]

Pretty grim afternoon but I saw a Migrant Hawker disappear into a bush and just managed to locate it, well hidden. It was curved towards me at a difficult angle so I did a focus stack with the R5ii + 200-800mm.

Really beautiful together with those autumn leaves.

 

[AlanF]

Stuck between typhoons in Kowloon I got a DIF with the RF 100-400 on the R5ii. Discovered it was a Wandering Glider, the longest ranging migratory dragonfly, sometimes call the Typhoon Dragonfly!

 

[Click]

I really like the colour. Very nice shots, Alan.

 

[Maximilian]

... I got a DIF with the RF 100-400 on the R5ii. ...

Really nice, Alan.
Have I already asked you about your impressions on the R5mk2?
Esp. the AF, but also the IQ?

 

[MSH411]

Widow Skimmer

 

[Click]

Beautiful with the lovely bokeh. Well done, MSH411.

 

[ISv]

No birds today... Only Dragons! First two - male Crocothemis servilia, after that Orthemis ferruginea - male and female (x2)

 

[Click]

Very nice. Well done, ISv.

 

[MSH411]

Big fan of the colors on that third frame! We don't see those in my neck of the woods.

 

[ISv]

Very nice. Well done, ISv.

Thanks Click!

Big fan of the colors on that third frame! We don't see those in my neck of the woods.

Depend on where you are living. Should be common species in some parts of Southern USA . I have not seen such a color in the European Dragons too.

 

[Maximilian]

No birds today... Only Dragons! First two - male Crocothemis servilia, after that Orthemis ferruginea - male and female (x2)

Big fan of the colors on that third frame! We don't see those in my neck of the woods.

Beautiful! I really like those colours, too. Esp. that fire red of the Crocothemis. And I am always fascinated of those dorsal spots on its wings.

Depend on where you are living. Should be common species in some parts of Southern USA . I have not seen such a color in the European Dragons too.

Thanks to the climate change, I can offer those red colours in Germany, too. In my case, I can find crocothemis erythraea, that came from southern Europe to southern Germany.
But some kind of lilac, purple, violet cannot be found north of the Alps.

 

[P-visie]

Beautiful! I really like those colours, too. Esp. that fire red of the Crocothemis. And I am always fascinated of those dorsal spots on its wings.

Thanks to the climate change, I can offer those red colours in Germany, too. In my case, I can find crocothemis erythraea, that came from southern Europe to southern Germany.
But some kind of lilac, purple, violet cannot be found north of the Alps.

The crocothemis erythraea is more regular in the Netherlands as well.

 

[Maximilian]

The crocothemis erythraea is more regular in the Netherlands as well.

You are correct. I'll quote the German Wikipedia entry, translated into English:

Scarlet dragonflies are originally found in the warm regions of Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In the 1990s, the species also spread to southern Germany, where it is now not uncommon. The scarlet dragonfly is currently continuing to expand its range in Central Europe and can now be found in almost all of Germany. Since 2007, it has even been increasingly observed in Schleswig-Holstein. The flight period here extends from the end of June to mid/end August, in Southern Europe from May to October with at least two generations.

Prior to its recent increase in its ground-based distribution in Central Europe, the scarlet dragonfly was regarded as a highly migratory dragonfly that flew in large numbers from the Mediterranean region to Central Europe in warm summers. The northward expansion of its range is associated with climate change.

 

[ISv]

You are correct. I'll quote the German Wikipedia entry, translated into English:

C. erythraea from last year - Bulgaria, where it's very common.

 

[AlanF]

C. erythraea from last year - Bulgaria, where it's very common.

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