Another Hawker close-up

I think this is a Southern Hawker male - please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the last 2 sections of tail are solid blue (I know they are not in this shot!). The antehumeral stripes look a bit narrow though, so species input ideas would be helpful (Mr. Munsey et al!)

Taken not more than a few yards from the pevious post I'm amazed how close I got to these awsome beasties - I was at another location yesterday afternoon trying to grab a shot or two of Black Tail Skimmers and they were virtually impossible to get a decent shot of - I did manage it in the end, and close-up on the monitor at home crikey they are bloomin' nightmarish - will post later but you've been warned

Techs for this:

D2Xs
Sig 180 macro + 1.4x tc
ISO 400
1/250th @ f8 -0.7EV ringflash fill
Full frame

Thanks for looking

Super shot, with amazing details and great DOF, Andy

Another pin sharp picture Andy.
John
Aberdeen

Another cracking shot Andy.

Very nice detail and DOF

Like these detaile Dragon Pics - good stuff

Mark

Great shot Andy, the detail is amazing I'd love to take some shots like this but never seem to see any, I must be looking in the wrong sort of places

H Andy,brilliant image,yes the southern hawker does have the last two blue segments so suppose ID is correct,amazing eye detail...........envious



Regards

Definately a Southern Hawker with the blue segments indicating a mature male.
Excellent shot too

Very nice Andy - all the important bits are tack sharp and I like teh composition.

Malcolm