Dragonflies and Damselflies

[ISv]

Oh! Forget to say - this is my the second attempt to handhold my combo (there was no room for the tripod there)!

 

[AlanF]

Oh! Forget to say - this is my the second attempt to handhold my combo (there was no room for the tripod there)!

Nice shots! I don't have any time for tripods.

 

[Click]

Very nice shots. Well done, ISv.

 

[AlanF]

Another one from Tanzania. Odd angles of the wings.

 

[smallfries]

With 100 mm Macro and Canon 1-Dx

 

[AlanF]

With 100 mm Macro and Canon 1-Dx

Please post as a full image not a thumbnail as it is a pain to have to click on the thumbnail to view.

 

[Chaitanya]

Golden dartlet one of few damselflies that live on dry grasslands of Deccan plateau.

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Chaitanya.

 

[Chaitanya]

Nice shot, Chaitanya.

Thanks, havent still managed to ID and tag all the odonates(around 80 species) from my collection. will add more photos as keep getting IDs for them.

 

[Erik X]

Here are some nice high-speed videos showing the capabilities of dragonflies..
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p035dt53/dragonflies-see-the-world-in-slow-motion

 

[AlanF]

My first damselfly of the year. Looks like an immature common one. ID please?

 

[tolusina]

My first damselfly of the year. Looks like an immature common one. ID please?

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Via Twitter;
The Doctor
@Drstevenhobbs

That looks like a Argia fumipennis.

 

[AlanF]

Via Twitter;
The Doctor
@Drstevenhobbs

That looks like a Argia fumipennis.

Thanks. But, those are rare in the UK and the wings have pseudpterostigmata unlike this one.

 

[AlanF]

The dragonflies are waking up. A four-spotted chaser and a common blue damselfly enjoying a very warm day today.

 

[Click]

Nice pictures, Alan. I especially like the first one.

 

[AlanF]

I managed to capture a four-spotted chaser in flight (100-400mm II on 5DSR at 400mm, 1/3200s iso 1000).

 

[Click]

Nice. well done, Alan.

 

[Erik X]

They are back.. at last!
I think they are even faster this year


(5D mk 3, EF100-400 mk 2, TC 1.4x, 560mm, Manual Focus, ISO1600, 1/4000s, f/8, -1/3EV)

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot, Erik.

 

[Erik X]

Thanks Pape, Alan and Click
Next learning from yesterdays photo session: Common damselflies have fur! Not very thick but anyway..