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Subject: Re: [OM] IMGs Fancy Dragonflies
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 09:09:43 -0400
Nice ones. Good looking DFs. We'll have to wait a few months before we see ours.

--Bob


On May 5, 2013, at 1:00 AM, Moose wrote:

> Three years ago, we drove down along the Klamath River. It was less scenic 
> that we had imagined overall. One highlight 
> was the dragonflies. In addition to the various sizes (some damsel files?) in 
> blue and red, with almost transparent 
> wings, that are common near home, there were some rather fancier ones, with 
> light and dark patches on their wings that 
> gave a wonderful look when flying.
> 
> Without spending hours, and with a deadline at the end of a long, windy, 
> mountain road, I wasn't able to get images of 
> them that pleased me. They alight for more than a second or two seldom and 
> rather far away. I did get a couple of shots 
> at least good enough to aid in identification, or at least prove I saw them. 
> :-)
> 
> This is as good as I could do with 5D and 300 mm lens. 
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5052>
> 
> Then a week ago, armed with 2x the magnification, I finally got shots I like. 
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5054>
> 
> And <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5056>
> 
> Size, wing markings and body configuration all very much like the Klamath 
> ones, but perhaps the yellow markings on the 
> side of the abdomen mean they are a different species?
> 
> Even poorer shot than the first one is this species. 
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5050> Quite wonderful 
> to watch flying, as the black patches appear almost to be suspended lines, 
> separate from the body. Getting a better shot 
> will have to await another time.

-- 
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