Dragonflies and Damselflies

[AlanF]

I really like this shot. Well done, Alan.

It was high up in a tree so it provided a different point of view from usual for me.

 

[Maximilian]

A Common Darter symbolically on an autumnal leaf to show the beginning of the end of its brief season. ...

Really poetic subject. Wonderful, Alan.

Is the wing getting blind or is it fogged? I cannot recognise it.

 

[Maximilian]

One of my last pictures. A migrant hawker.
It's getting cold and rainy throughout the next week. I don't think that I will have much more chances on dragonflies.
I still have some on my HDD but I'm already awaiting the the 2022 season

 

[Click]

Beautiful picture, Maximilian.

 

[AlanF]

Really poetic subject. Wonderful, Alan.

Is the wing getting blind or is it fogged? I cannot recognise it.

light reflection at that angle.

 

[AlanF]

Common Darters are the most common at present. Here's one close up with the 100-500mm at 1000mm.

 

[Click]

Very nice close up!

 

[HenryL]

Common Darters are the most common at present. Here's one close up with the 100-500mm at 1000mm.

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Um...WOW!

 

[Maximilian]

Common Darters are the most common at present. Here's one close up with the 100-500mm at 1000mm.

Great sharpness on the eye.
Full pic or cropped?

 

[AlanF]

Great sharpness on the eye.
Full pic or cropped?

Crop (1 pixel = 1 pixel of original).

 

[Maximilian]

Crop (1 pixel = 1 pixel of original).

Thanks for that info. Of course I could have checked the file name before asking, which I didn't.

 

[AlanF]

The Southern Hawkers are still around. I stalked this one and took far too many shots to get all of its long, ~3"/7.5cm, body in focus. 100-500mm.

 

[Click]

Beautiful series, Alan.

 

[Maximilian]

... took far too many shots to get all of its long, ~3"/7.5cm, body in focus. ...

Twas worth it, Alan. Great series.
Looking at the wings this was a really old individual.

 

[AlanF]

Twas worth it, Alan. Great series.
Looking at the wings this was a really old individual.

Me or the dragonfly?

 

[Maximilian]

Me or the dragonfly?

Do you have wings?

 

[AlanF]

Do you have wings?

Not yet.

 

[Click]

 

[Maximilian]

Not yet.

I really hope this state will stay for a while. Stay healthy.

 

[AlanF]

There are still some Ruddy Darters around. I got this one yesterday with the 100-500mm. It's a pity I didn't have the RF 100-400mm as I'd like to have tested it.
It's the best shot I have got of the grid of lenses on an eye because the light was right. Focus stacked to get both ends sharp.