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No prize winner but illustrative of the threats that beset coupling dragonflies and damselflies.
A male and females are in the act of fertilising eggs at the bottom while a second male tries to intervene above. The lower male grasps his girl with purpose-built claspers around the base of her head while she arches to take sperm from a temporary sperm sac.
On this occasion the interloper gave up but I have watched much more intense battles with attempted drowning.
Dennis Dart 34366 LV52 HGC had a trip out a few years ago now and can be seen here in a lay-by whilst we topped ourselves up with coffee and a burger
Former Cardiff Dennis Dart T147 DAX turning from Abingdon Street into Talbot Road on Catch22Bus Ltd's service 22.
The Dashboard of a Transbus Mini Pointless Dart operated by Transdev Keighley & District, new in 2004 as one of the towns "Zone" buses but painted in standard Green/Blue in 2010.
Male darter dragonfly by the neighbour's pond. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/21914148381/ for a 3D version
A very happy male Common Darter chillaxing on a fence, these guys just love to hang out on fences, if you are fortunate you can find a very amiable Darter, some almost seem to enjoy posing for you. I've even had them fly off and land back infront of my camera with a snack.
In this image I was experimenting with fill in flash again, I actually had my ISO at 1000 for this and an aperture of F/13, still got me a shutter speed of 1/60th of a second, but it's really nice not to get flash fall off. Also with lightroom you can reduce the noise and sharpen. You just need a very steady hand, some support or something like a fence to lean on LOL :o)
Single image shot in Av mode with MP-E at about x2 mag, F/13, ISO1000, TTL flash and 1/60 shutter speed
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I think this is a female common darter - one of the least interesting dragonflies to me but still nice to photograph.
Once again seen in the field with 5 ponds.
Darter dragonfly by the pond resting on an old bench seat. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene
A young female common darter (Sympetrum striolatum, Große Heidelibelle) perching on a twig in a grove at the coast of Djursvik at the east coast of Sweden.
23.8.2022.
A male Common Darter Dragonfly rests in the lower branches of an Acer.
Walkers Garden Centre.
Common darter dragonfly on the greenhouse door. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene.
A surprise early morning find
Kansas City, MO, 1957. Joe Wanchura shot these DARTs of different vintage. Note the new IH R-models (one sleeper) accross the street. Nash, Chevrolet and 49 Plymouth also present.
Graffiti and street art stickers on a wall in Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. Pretty sure it's DART. Feel free to add tags if you see any stickers you recognize. Thanks.
Travelmasters
SN56 AXA
Alexander Dennis Dart
Alexander Dennis Pointer
Travelmasters recently acquired Alexander Dennis Pointer bodied Alexander Dennis Dart SN56 AXA seen shortly after being painted at S&G Coachworks near Mansfield
This juvenile ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum, Blutrote Heidelibelle) was really patiend and trusting so that I had plenty of time to take photos of almost all angles and as always I felt this excitement getting so close to such a fascinating creature with my macro lens.
Mating common darter dragonflies - unfortunately I had my MPE-65 when I spotted these.
Composite photo made using www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/3756676867/ and www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/3756854125/
Suburban XN40. It started the make ready process on 11/3/16. This one may have been set aside for training and familiarization. The XN40's has the Allison B400R transmission, and the Cummins ISL G280 engine just like the Gen-III's
Northern Counties Paladin bodied Dennis Dart from BusByBono. Quite a pleasing model that has the look of the prototype. Constructed from ABS type plastic rather than Diecast or Resin, it's major short comings are in the application of the livery. It appears to be applied using a decal which gives a patchy effect to the colour when viewed close up. The rear is the worse bit as it appears that the printer was running low on ink with obvious printer lines clearly visible.
A good attempt, just let down by poor quality control (Which incidentally my FirstBus issue suffered from).
Three Dart Estuary ferries are tied up a pontoon on the Lower Dart Estuary, accompanied by numerous small pleasure craft, and what may be a river taxi on the far left of the scene. Well wooded slopes lead up to open fields on the far bank.
A pair of Common Darters depositing eggs in a pond.
Music " isolation" by Eric Matyas - www.soundimage.org
Filmed by Brian Flint using a Sony RX10iii camera.