Posted by John Robinson on June 25, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Spent a pleasant time yesterday "meadow mooching" with my son Steve, Phil H, and Fran , here in Wyre.
We had all just done a golden ringed when a different dragonly flew towards Steve . Then right above his head it took a demoiselle in full flight and landed right in front of him,, and proceeded to enjoy the spoils. Turned out to be a Club Tailed ! -good enpough in its own right. This is about two miles from their breeding site in the Severn.Didn't know they ate their own sorts !
Great stuff. Much snapping of shutters as you can imagine.
D7000. Sigma 150 macro
Tripod !!!
70% crop. 500ISO
125th @f16
Levels etc paint Shop Pro.
Cheers
JR
Ps Will get around to some comments later - been a bit tied up.
Posted by Nick Mckeown on June 25, 2012 at 11:25 AM
What a superb image JR! Club-tail and B Dem in one picture AND on a great perch! Fandabidozy!! Up to your usual very high standard JR. Very, very jealous!!
The stretch of water where I go to see the B Dems is sometimes littered with their wings and when I first saw this I wondered what did this and it turned out to be a Golden-ringed dragonfly who use the stretch of water as their beat.
Twas an great moment to have witnessed... and a superb image... see you did get a sharp one, I won't post an image of you with a tripod and rubbing your shoulder (Still got to look at mine...)
Posted by Dawn Monrose on June 26, 2012 at 5:07 AM
Amazing shot! Well captured, nicely composed too.
Posted by David Sewell on June 26, 2012 at 8:06 AM
Interesting shot, must have been a very hungry dragonfly yo tackle something that big.
that must have been an interesting encounter John. I'm normally happy just to see a demoiselle, let alone one being eaten by a Club-Tailed! Nicely captured too, it's pin sharp throughout.
Matt
Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 27, 2012 at 10:35 AM
An excellent piece of photography, JR. The Club-tailed is one of my favourite dragons so I'm very envious to say the least.
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11 repliesWe had all just done a golden ringed when a different dragonly flew towards Steve . Then right above his head it took a demoiselle in full flight and landed right in front of him,, and proceeded to enjoy the spoils. Turned out to be a Club Tailed ! -good enpough in its own right. This is about two miles from their breeding site in the Severn.Didn't know they ate their own sorts !
Great stuff. Much snapping of shutters as you can imagine.
D7000. Sigma 150 macro
Tripod !!!
70% crop. 500ISO
125th @f16
Levels etc paint Shop Pro.
Cheers
JR
Ps Will get around to some comments later - been a bit tied up.
The stretch of water where I go to see the B Dems is sometimes littered with their wings and when I first saw this I wondered what did this and it turned out to be a Golden-ringed dragonfly who use the stretch of water as their beat.
Nick.
I only see them eating flies and musquitos.
Super action capture
What an amazing image detailing events that I had no knowledge of thanks for sharing.
David
Matt
Andy...
Appreciated.
JR