Having a look at what all the fuss is about

ocrdu (71)in #photography • 7 years ago

This (female) black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) landed next to me when I was taking photos of the silver-studded blues that had taken possession of the heather.

It was probably attracted by all the movement, but it didn't attack the butterflies. It did study things intently, though:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/320s}

Thanks for watching!

#nature #dragonflies

7 years ago in #photography by ocrdu (71)

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dek (62) 7 years ago

I was surrounded by newly born dragonflies today, but couldn't shoot a single one - they were tiny and had no idea what they were doing, basically flying around, hitting everything in sight.

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ocrdu (71) 7 years ago

That's really strange for dragonflies. Have you been giving them wine?

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dek (62) 7 years ago

I... well... I was a bit sweaty. :D

But really, they were roughly 3-4 centimeters long, bright blue, and kept hitting a wall I was walking along. Btw, this wall surrounds a big lake, where some unique species of birds live - I couldn't catch any of them with my 105mm... I guess I need some huge expensive beast. Or an inflatable duck, which can carry me closer to the birds.

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ocrdu (71) 7 years ago

Inflatable ducks of that size also tend to disturb most birds. I think.

I have never seen damselflies or dragonflies hit walls. Really, I haven't. They have good eyesight and are great flyers. I blame your sweat.

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dek (62) 7 years ago

Might explain why the paint on a couple of buttons on the back of my camera is starting to wear off.

I believe they may have the same problem as bees - they fly low and any wall is a considerable obstacle (I do believe bees don't fly higher than three meters).

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