Dragonflies and Damselflies

[Click]

Very nice shot, bhf3737. Focus on the eyes, great details.

 

[bhf3737]

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

Thanks. I saw lots of this dragonfly in Kairakuen, in Mito, Japan. I could get very close with RF100-400.

 

[Maximilian]

Golden-ringed Dragonfly (R3 + RF 100-400m

...I saw lots of this dragonfly in Kairakuen, in Mito, Japan. ...

Beautiful pic, @bhf3737.
Very interesting, especially when looking at the hind wings and the broadened abdomen.
Doesn't seem from the genus cordulegaster.

The one I know by the name golden-ringed dragonfly (cordulegaster boltonii) is common in Europe but not in Asia.
I managed to get those last year and posted pics here.
This year I saw them flying again but couldn't get a decent photo.
Now most of their streamlet has dried out. I fear for their future here...

 

[Maximilian]

Some red eyed damselfies

 

[Maximilian]

A black tailed skimmer. My best skimmer pic in 2022.

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Maximilian. Great details on the wings.

 

[AlanF]

Blacktailed Skimmer (R5 + 100-500mm + RF2x).

 

[Click]

WOW Great details!

 

[Maximilian]

Blacktailed Skimmer (R5 + 100-500mm + RF2x).

Just WOW!

 

[EricN]

Blacktailed Skimmer (R5 + 100-500mm + RF2x).

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That's the stuff of nightmares for me! Great photo!

 

[Maximilian]

Some downy emerald in flight. Note that the abdomen needs a dent puller

 

[Hector1970]

It's a male Beautiful Demoiselle. The Banded Demoiselle has well-defined bands on the wings, as on these taken on my R7 + RF100-400mm recently. The bottom one is backlit, which shows up the bands as very dark.


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Thanks for that. I didn't realise I have been seeing two different types, I just thought it was the light on the day.

 

[ISv]

More of the same but different method - there was no way to use the tripod in that spot today so these are handheld (and with my beauty brick - 200-500 ).

 

[EricN]

Some downy emerald in flight. Note that the abdomen needs a dent puller

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love the second one

 

[Click]

I really like the second one also.

 

[Maximilian]

love the second one

I really like the second one also.

Thanks, guys!
I like the first for its X wing position and I like the second and third for the great sharpness on the compound eye (for a DIF pic).
The third has the least interesting wing position.
So 1 and 2 are both my favs.

 

[Maximilian]

Lunch break for a female broad-bodied chaser (libellula depressa).
I think it is the first time ever, that I saw a female...
Look at the light shining through the wings and showing the brown veins.

 

[Click]

Great shot, Maximilian.

 

[Maximilian]

A skimmer on a wooden bridge railing.
5D4, 100-400L II x1.4
@560 mm close to MFD and almost FF, tricky DOF
first @f/8
second @f/16

 

[AlanF]

A skimmer on a wooden bridge railing.
5D4, 100-400L II x1.4
@560 mm close to MFD and almost FF, tricky DOF
first @f/8
second @f/16

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If it's at mfd, very low dof and that angle, it might perhaps be better to crop and just show the face and forelegs - what do you think?