female broad bodied chaser,with a token male

[skyblue]

the token male

 

[pjbleek]

awesome pictures...

 

[Darrell]

I didn't see this yesterday, but it's amazing. The colors are so rich! Damn they are ugly though! :yuk

 

[Willow]

Fantastic pictures!!.. :thumbup
How close do you get to them?.. How powerful is the zoom in your camera?..

Now I have to go find what a "female broad bodied chaser" is.. Are they mayflies... sawflies... syrphids... ?

 

[StripedCat]

It's regularly astonishing how you make awful animals look amazing. oO

 

[skyblue]

awesome pictures...

thanks pj

I didn't see this yesterday, but it's amazing. The colors are so rich! Damn they are ugly though! :yuk

evolutionary insect hunters designed to kill

Im amazed at your photos.

thank you

Fantastic pictures!!.. :thumbup
How close do you get to them?.. How powerful is the zoom in your camera?..

Now I have to go find what a "female broad bodied chaser" is.. Are they mayflies... sawflies... syrphids... ?

its a dragonfly,you'll have different species over there that are equally as colorful.....for the male i was about 3 feet away with the 90-300mm on.....but the female was with a 60mm macro lens with no zoom so i was less than a foot away

It's regularly astonishing how you make awful animals look amazing. oO

i dont do that,they actually do look amazing

 

[StripedCat]

i dont do that,they actually do look amazing

Maybe, but I wouldn't be able to see their amazing look without your pictures.

 

[Ryder]

Awesome pics sky. Like normal.

 

[Siphorous]

First and second shot are my favourites. This is the one you were on about when I mentioned 3 photographers going for a blue one eh.

 

[Olly Flexx]

very nice second to last shit is my fav

 

[purpledove]

its a dragonfly,you'll have different species over there that are equally as colorful.....for the male i was about 3 feet away with the 90-300mm on.....but the female was with a 60mm macro lens with no zoom so i was less than a foot away

This is my fave among all the bug pics you've posted :thumbup

Is there like a certain 'angle' where you've stayed a distance away from the dragonflies? Where you've experienced that at that angle they would be more sensitive to knowing you're on them and they're more likely to fly away ? :unsure:

 

[skyblue]

This is my fave among all the bug pics you've posted :thumbup

Is there like a certain 'angle' where you've stayed a distance away from the dragonflies? Where you've experienced that at that angle they would be more sensitive to knowing you're on them and they're more likely to fly away ? :unsure:

they've got pretty much all around vision so they can always see me,what ive found though is that the females of most species are much more approachable

 

[skyblue]

First and second shot are my favourites. This is the one you were on about when I mentioned 3 photographers going for a blue one eh.

it could well be the one,i cant think of another blue one at this time of year

 

[Guyzerr]

:thumbup but I like the third and last shot the best. It's the side profile that gets me instead of the usual back shots. Good job.

 

[AstriaPorta]

good shots and what else i liked is the colour . i think the second and 3rd photo i like best