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Late hawker

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Posted by John Robinson on October 25, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Late hawker
Migrant Hawker (Almost sure ! )
Surprised to see this hanging on into the Autumn.
Taken out of the Snipe hide.
Pity about the reed stem in the background,but never mind.
D200 Sigma 100-300mm
800 ISO
300thsec F8
Cheers
JR
Posted by Andy Astbury on October 25, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Great capture John - very nice :wavey:

Wouldn't worry too much about the BG - capturing it so well in flight is art form enough :wink:
Posted by John Robinson on October 25, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Thanks Andy
As you well know this is one of the easier ones to do in flight. Especially when they come to you instead of the other way around. !
I had them attacking a blue CD hanging up on cotton !
Cheers
JR
Posted by Matt Cole on October 25, 2008 at 5:36 PM
that's a nice one John, these are never easy (although I've never tried the CD trick!)

Matt
Posted by Robert Lawrence on October 26, 2008 at 2:58 AM
That's a stunner John. Did you say a Blues CD? Would that have been Dragonfly by Fleetwood Mac?
Robert
Posted by John Robinson on October 26, 2008 at 5:50 AM
Robert
Tried that but the player got wet.:eek: :biggrin:
I read somewhere that insects are deaf !

JR
Posted by Colin Pickett on October 26, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Hi John
I like the reed in the BG I think it adds and makes it pop, a nice shape image.

Regards :toast:
Posted by IAN RIPPEY on October 29, 2008 at 3:56 PM
This is a male Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) among the latest large dragonflies to be flying (can be seen into mid-November although with the current cold weather, this may not happen this year).