Dragonflies and Damselflies

[Click]

Very nice picture!

 

[AlanF]

A beautiful posing four-spotted chaser.

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They are just as big poseurs here, but more coy maybe. (R7/RF100-400).

 

[Nemorino]

R5 + RF 100+400
@1/4000, Iso 5000, f/10

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Nemorino.

 

[Maximilian]

R5 + RF 100+400
@1/4000, Iso 5000, f/10

Really great shot. I only got the skimmers sitting. When in mating wheel, they fly so erratic that they're hard to track.

 

[Maximilian]

Mating azure damselflies (coenagrion puella)

 

[AlanF]

Remember that handsome Four-spot Chaser I posted yesterday. Another on in the same spot who's been through the wars.

 

[AlanF]

First decent shot shot of a Black-tailed Skimmer (R7/100-400). All the others perch on the ground.

 

[Maximilian]

Species #26:
Common bluet (enallagma cyathigerum).
Edit: This here is a female in the blue form (homochrome)

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures. I prefer the first one, for the vertical line of the subject, the focus right on the eyes and the beautiful bokeh in the background.

Well done, Maximilian.

 

[koenkooi]

3 photos from my garden. The dragonfly was fighting another dragonfly and then settled down to get out of the rain. Close up shots also show a lot of spidersilk.
The damselfly landed on the anti-bird netting over our fruit trees and stayed still enough for close ups.

R5 + RF100L + MT24-EX for everything.

 

[koenkooi]

On vacation on one of the Dutch islands I saw a dragonfly hunting and landing next to the path, so I got of my bike and approached it.

R5 + 100-500L

 

[Maximilian]

Darters mating.
I prefer the pose in the first pic, but the second one shows how important light is. For colour, highlights, contrast.
When I was taking the first one, the sun was shining just through a fine cirrus. That was enough.

 

[Click]

Beautiful shots, Maximilian.

 

[AlanF]

Common Blue Damselflies this afternoon (R5/500mm).

 

[AlanF]

Species #26:
Common bluet (enallagma cyathigerum)

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I think it's the female blue form?

 

[Click]

Great shots, Alan.

 

[Maximilian]

I think it's the female blue form?

Yes, @AlanF, of course! I forgot to mention that. (corrected it in the OP)
The females are normally green.
But it's the pattern on the abdomen that shows, that it is a FEMALE common bluet.

 

[bhf3737]

Golden-ringed Dragonfly (R3 + RF 100-400mm)

 

[AlanF]

Golden-ringed Dragonfly (R3 + RF 100-400mm)View attachment 204852

That's a new one for me. It's a beaut.