Dragonfly

1415 posts
14 years
Lancashire

Posted 18/08/2020 - 08:51 Link

I don't generally see dragonflies, this one recently decided to sun itself in my garden. This was taken handheld with my 645D & FA80-160 (cropped in PP), I would have used a tripod had I'd known it would be there for about ten minutes. From what I can gather from the web, it looks like some variety of Common Darter:

Dragonfly #1 by John Halliwell, on Flickr

Dragonfly #2 by John Halliwell, on Flickr

Dragonfly #3 by John Halliwell, on Flickr

Dragonfly #4 by John Halliwell, on Flickr

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davidwozhere davidwozhere

3729 posts
12 years
Slap in the middle of England

Posted 19/08/2020 - 01:44 Link

Yes. Common Darter and it was quite well behaved for you too.

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cardiffgareth cardiffgareth

3434 posts
11 years
Barrybados

Posted 19/08/2020 - 20:39 Link

You're like me, can only catch them when they stop!

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