Had a chance to photo this chap at a pond I constructed at work for dragons to breed in.
The pond has been very successful in its first year. Lots of emperor and bb chaser larvae found while clearing some excess weed. Southern hawker and common darter also seen ovipositing. Only species I expected to see at the pond but haven't is brown hawker - although they're on site. Maybe I just haven't looked at the right time....
Image taken this afternoon
Canon 1dmk2 & 400mm F/5.6 L
ISO250 | 1/800sec | F/5.6
Regards
Ant
Posted by Simon Litten on September 24, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Top shot. Good wing movement.
Simon
Posted by Barry Southon on September 25, 2009 at 3:50 AM
Ant
This takes flight shots to a new level amazing.
Posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 25, 2009 at 5:11 AM
GReat image, love the wings!
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on September 25, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Lovely image, well captured, Ant.
..though it's a Southern rather than a Migrant hawker.
Greg
Posted by Ian Macdermott on September 25, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Discussion
6 repliesHad a chance to photo this chap at a pond I constructed at work for dragons to breed in.
The pond has been very successful in its first year. Lots of emperor and bb chaser larvae found while clearing some excess weed. Southern hawker and common darter also seen ovipositing. Only species I expected to see at the pond but haven't is brown hawker - although they're on site. Maybe I just haven't looked at the right time....
Image taken this afternoon
Canon 1dmk2 & 400mm F/5.6 L
ISO250 | 1/800sec | F/5.6
Regards
Ant
Simon
This takes flight shots to a new level amazing.
..though it's a Southern rather than a Migrant hawker.
Greg
and it is a Southern Harwker
Must learn to look at my own pic's before titling them!