Golden ringed Dragonfly.

Cordulegaster boltonii

This is the UK’s largest dragonfly and you won’t be surprised to know that it is also a voracious predator and powerful flyer, eating damsel flies, bees, wasps and even other dragonflies. I managed to photograph it with the help of my wife, which is an amusing story in itself…..

My wife said to me “have you got the right lens on for a dragonfly” - “yes” says I and she led me to where it was, on a pot plant on the patio low to the ground. Despite it’s very large size, at least 8cm - well over 3 inches, those markings and me using my 20x magnifier on the back of the LCD monitor, I just could not find it, right under my nose, centimetres away and big enough to trip over but I couldn’t find it.. My wife - blessed with both brain and eye,

stood behind me as I knelt so she could see where exactly I was pointing the camera…….

“Left…..left….left…..right a bit… find the edge of the pot……up a bit ….now you should have it……”

And there it was. What a team!

And now it is here :^)

HFF and have a fun but safe Halloween!

~The eye applier is new from Ikon called Apex

~Hair is from Doux

~Necklace is from Avaway

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In black

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White tailed sea eagle on the Argyll coast

The roof of St Paul Lutheran church. Sarasota Florida. Hasselblad X1D.

Evidence of a gossan in the tidewater area of Frobisher Bay.

Detail of tiled pilotis (supporting pillars) of Tolworth Tower. The building was designed by architects Richard Seifert & Partners and completed in 1964.

The Arctic hamlet of Apex, a neighbourhood of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut basks in the glow of the last light of day. In the distance, anchored in Frobisher Bay, a freighter offloads SeaCans onto to lighters to be delivered to the city beach.

AC Origins || Nvidia DSR || Frans Bouma's Injectable Camera || Paint.Net for cropping

tried using a dirty glass, to make a darker shadow... weird, the way the shadow has a broken rim...

I might just have to start numbering eagle pictures, as I'm running out of titles. I saw "Apex Avian" in the Wikipedia page for eagles.

Inspired by the video game:

Apex Legends.

yeah, i went blond for a little bit. lol

The Design Museum, Kensington, London

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco, CA

www.sfmoma.org

A fabulous advert for conservation.

White tailed eagles were driven to extinction in the UK by the ill advised hand of man, with the last bird being shot on Shetland in 1916.

These gorgeous birds were reintroduced on Rum in 1975 with further releases on Wester Ross in 1993. Since then most of the eagle population has found it's way to Mull where a healthy population is now well established.

Once again the population is starting to spread out across western Scotland and the Isles.

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

Ardmucknish Bay Argyll - Scotland

Many thanks to all those who take the time to comment on my photos. It is truly appreciated.

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California incense cedar. Bonus micromoth included free! Swanson Meadow south of Shaver Lake, California.

Otep - Apex Predator

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☣ Eye Smears: Lexa - Fran Tears @ Skin Fair

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☣ Pose: RBento - Diana #4 @ Astrophe

Union Pacific's Silver Bow - Pocatello manifest climbs the grade towards Apex, MT.

15" x 15"

Ink on paper

This one is from a visit to the Queen's House in Greenwich a couple of years ago, taken from a different perspective.

Just after the sun rose above the cloudbank this morning..

swallow at the top of it's flight

Looking 3 km across the Kojessee inlet to the hamlet of Apex.

Male bluebird on the perch.

Nikon F100 : Tamron AF 28-105mm f/4-5.6 : Ilford FP4 Plus : Adox FX-39 II

ASCENT - Apex Mouth Piercing

Beetle. Scorpion Earrings

ALL AVAIABLE AT DisturbeD Event

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