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Wierd! +3D

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Posted by John Robinson on July 7, 2012 at 5:39 AM
Wierd! +3D
Golden Ringed dragonfly
Any one seen this before ? Looks like it managed to get the wings dry on emergence but then for some reason the front pair stopped in the wrong place. Found it like this and it was still there two days later. Unable to fly anyway so took it home and it died later. Probably another result of this years weather.
D7000 Nikor 40mm
500ISO F8
Crop from horizontal.
Cheers
JR
Thanks for yor comments on my previous.
Posted by Neil Burton on July 7, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Interesting find John, shame but nature has her ways! Nice shot though.
Posted by David Sewell on July 7, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Great detail, John. A shame when things such as this happen, but unfortunately that's life.

David
Posted by Tom Smit on July 7, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Interesting story John. Gives you the possibility to try some pictures.
Sometimes I do take some dead insects home and try photographing it to teach myself the best way to do that.

Nice picture as always.
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Posted by John Robinson on July 7, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Thanks-
Tom the insect did not decease until I left it overnight at the side of my pond on a willow herb.
It was alive when I photographed it :biggrin:
Cheers
JR
Posted by Graham Goddard on July 8, 2012 at 5:06 AM
Looking out of the window now, I'm surprised any insect life is surviving at the moment ! Interesting story there John :wavey: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on July 8, 2012 at 7:08 AM
One in 3D for anyone with glasses.
JR
Posted by Nick Mckeown on July 9, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Have sen that before JR on different dragons. When it has emerged from the exuvia its wings need to seperate from each other but sometimes some fluid sticks them together, possibly moisture from rain, and then if it dries like that as the wings are hardening then they will be stuck together. If you can seperate them before they dry you will not damage the wings but if they are already hardened the wings will tear. Saying that I have seen dragons fly with virtually no wings left having being torn by vegetation so even if you seperated them and damaged them it probably still would have flown. I have also seen dragons with bent and misshapen wings because as they emerged the wings were pressed up against some vegetation and again they hardened in this postion. Over 300 million years of evolution and it is still pot luck! 3D looks superb!

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey:
Posted by David Taylor on July 11, 2012 at 5:53 PM
Great stuff John, I'd almost given up hope of seeing another anaglyph on here. :biggrin: :cool: :eek:

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