Saturday 5 December 2015

The Quest For In-Flight Emperor Dragonflies

With the dragonfly season now over and what appears to be a long wait until next Spring for them to emerge again, I have plenty of photos to go through of the many trips I made this year. I expect there are hundreds of photos I am even to look at for the first time but hopefully this will pass the winter months away, as well as a bit of dragonfly and damselfly nymph photography. One of my favourite sessions was trying to capture an Emperor Dragonfly in flight and with that, as much detail as I could. Most individuals I found didn't give me much chance but after a good few weeks of trying, I eventually found a patrolling male that continued to make the same circuit of its territory and I was able to get into a few good positions and take a number of pleasing photos. Thankfully this male was at times quite inquisitive and flew quite close allowing me to grab the odd closer image and try to capture the detail. I ended up with a good selection of shots and some of which, I was very pleased with. I will endevour next season to see if any improvements can be made of which I hope there is a little room for improvement. With the year coming to an end, I will soon put together some of my favourite shots throughout the dragonfly season and post in the next few weeks. Plenty to choose from, its been a good season for the camera at times!








Emperor Dragonfly (male)

22 comments:

  1. Some spectacular efforts there Marc ! Nice job :-)

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    1. Thanks Warren. Always nice when some flight shots work out.

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  2. How can you do that, I can barely get a glimpse of one flying. Excellent photos Marc.

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    1. Thanks Bob. Trust me, there are many that don't come out that well. Click and hope!!

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    1. Many thanks Wilma. With the right background, the colours are indeed brilliant.

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  4. Perfection in flight,I just love looking at your images,brings a smile to my face.
    I must try harder in 2016.
    John.

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    1. Many thanks John. One of the pleasures is hoping others enjoy the shots I take.

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    1. Many thanks. Always aiming to improve. Slowly getting there.

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  6. Wonderful!!!, excellent series of images. Great work .. Congratulations ..

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  7. Those pictures are absolutely amazing. You must be so patient.

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    1. Thanks Findlay, quite a few hours work as you can imagine. Very rewarding in the end though.

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  8. Astonishing photos, Marc.
    Congrats,
    JR

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    1. Many thanks JR. Nice to look back at them now we are in the depths of the winter weather.

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  9. You definitely nailed those Marc.

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