Dragonflies and Damselflies

[Click]

Very nice shots, Maximilian. I really like the front view because of the position of the wings.

 

[Nemorino]

Southern Hawker
R5 mk2 + RF 100-500L
@ 1/4000s, f/7.1, iso12800

 

[Click]

Very nice series. I especially like the first shot.

 

[Noreaster]

Not the best pic but considering he was flying at 20 knots I think my timing was impeccable. LOL

 

[Click]

LOL At 20 kts... Good timing. Well done!

 

[Maximilian]

Not the best pic but considering he was flying at 20 knots I think my timing was impeccable. LOL

If this was in flight - with 20kts - I‘d say that was pretty damn well done

 

[Noreaster]

Of this was in flight - with 20kts - I‘d Day that was pretty damn well done

Truth be told I think it was almost frozen since it was so cold this morning.

 

[ISv]

Truth be told I think it was almost frozen since it was so cold this morning.

 

[Maximilian]

Truth be told I think it was almost frozen since it was so cold this morning.

That's a way to approach them (in the cold)
Another is to be very, very slow.

 

[AlanF]

If this was in flight - with 20kts - I‘d say that was pretty damn well done

I guess you are thinking the same as me. Its legs are in perching position not flight, and looks like the perspective from a macro lens. @Noreaster does have a sense of humour, so I guess it's one of his jokes.

 

[Noreaster]

That's a way to approach them (in the cold)
Another is to be very, very slow.

Well I did ride the short bus.

 

[AlanF]

Well I did ride the short bus.

A new one for me. I do learn a lot of American vernacular from CR.

 

[Noreaster]

maybe Saffron-winged Meadowhawk?

 

[Click]

Very nice with the dark background.

 

[Maximilian]

maybe Saffron-winged Meadowhawk?

Another for the dark bg. Maybe, the dragonfly could be slightly brighter, esp in the first photo.
But that's just my 2 ct.

 

[P-visie]

Vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum) on the leaf of a brambles bush. Taken on the Dutch island Texel.



R5 Mk II with EF 180mm macro + 1.4 extender.

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Pieter.

 

[Maximilian]

Vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum) ...

Wonderful sharpness and smooth bg.

 

[P-visie]

Close up of a migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta). I suspect that it was in the final stage of the metamorphosis to adulthood as it remained on the branch while I was very close, but when it flew away, it flew like a normal adult. Taken on the Dutch island of Texel.



This is the complete frame, no cropping.

R5 Mk II with EF 180mm macro + 1.4 extender.

 

[Click]

Amazing details.