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I think I got the ID right on this, but let me know if you think its something else.
I also used a Canon 500d macro lens to get much closer than I could with just the camera.
This is the highest magnification that I photographed the Violet Darters at Lago d'Averno. A guy on a motorcycle was taking an unhealthy interest in what I was doing and my gear so I left. I've often considered starting a photography club here in the Naples, Italy area but it might just turn into a support group for people who've had their camera stolen.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT (E-TTL metering, -2/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Denoise AI, and Clarity in that order.
The ruddy darter can reach a body length of 34–36 millimetres (1.3–1.4 in)
and attains a wingspan of up to 6 cm (2.4 in).
These dragonflies are smaller than the Common Darter.
They have black legs and the wings show a brown pterostigma and an orange color at the base of the wings.
(Wikipedia)
Anhinga melanogaster, Darter
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Family: Anhingidae
Greyish-brown to blackish wth long thin, kinked neck; large rounded tail and thin rapier-like beak.
They are also known as the Snakebird as they swim with their bodies submerged, with just the neck sticking out of the water and stab fish with their bills.
Habitat: Saltwater and freshwater wetlands including most of Australia except arid center. Length: 90 cm.
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A Common Darter that made an appearance thanks to some lovely morning sunshine at Rendlesham Forest today!
(239/365) Common Darter sunning himself on the little fence that surrounds our pond. First one I've seen this year. HBBBT & HWW!
Male and female Darters around the pond I built back in Feb; it is really satisfying having wildlife using the pond so much. There are all sorts of beetles and insects living in and around as well as a healthy number of newts.
Ruddy Darter / sympetrum sanguineum. Nottingham Canal, Cossall. 14/09/20.
I only found out recently that Nottingham Canal, Cossall, holds a population of Ruddy Darters. On my visit, the shallow canal was so congested with reeds and other vegetation, that no water was visible along whole sections of it. Thankfully, wherever there was an opening, Ruddy Darters were easy to find. Males far outnumbered females that day but disappointingly, not one of them adopted the characteristic obelisk pose I'd hoped to photograph.
A Common Darter perched on the side of one of our new raised beds! It's good to see it approves of the new set up!
Dendrobatidae
Poisonous Dart Frogs
These frogs are about the size of a quarter...around 19mm.
I was fortunate enough to attend a Macro Workshop given by Adam Jones & Mike Matthews. A good friend was unable to attend due to health issues so she let me go in her place. Thank you Jan. I did not know I was going and I did not have a Ring Light and the only flash I had was a very small flash that came with my camera which was not very powerful. I went to my local camera store and they didn't have anything that would work with my camera. So, I had to work with what I had. Consequently, I had to almost touch the frogs to have enough light and this caused deep shadows. I had to crop in pretty close to get rid of the shadows. I'm just extremely happy I got to attend the class and got the photo's I did. It was a wonderful experience! Thank you Jan and Jack. Thanks Jack for letting me ride with you.
A combination of Olympus Focus Stacking Function and Photoshop Photomerge - 15 photos stacked.
Taken in Golders Hill Park, London.
A Common darter ( Sympetrum striolatum) sitting on an old inhaler shell. As a safety feature we always put a "cap" over the end of bamboos to prevent accidental eye damage and old inhaler shells do the trick.
Thank you very much for the visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
Australasian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
Anhingidae
Description: The Darter is a large, slim water bird with a long snake-like neck, sharp pointed bill, and long, rounded tail. Male birds are dark brownish black with glossy black upperwings, streaked and spotted white, silver-grey and brown. The strongly kinked neck has a white or pale brown stripe from the bill to where the neck kinks and the breast is chestnut brown. Females and immatures are grey-brown above, pale grey to white below, with a white neck stripe that is less distinct in young birds. The Darter is often seen swimming with only the snake-like neck visible above the water, or drying its wings while perched on a tree or stump over water. While its gait is clumsy on land, it can soar gracefully to great heights on thermals, gliding from updraft to updraft. It has a cross-shaped silhouette when flying.
Distribution: In Australia, the Darter is found from Adelaide, South Australia, to Tennant Creek, Northern Territory and then to Broome, Western Australia. it is also found in south-western Australia, from Perth to Esperance. Worldwide, it has been thought of as one of two mainAnhinga species (the other, A. anhinga, is found in North America), found in the southern half of Africa, Madagascar, Iraq, Pakistan, India, south-east Asia, Indonesia and New Guinea. However, A. melanogaster is now considered to be further divided into three species, with rufa being found in Africa, melanogaster in south Asia and novaehollandiae in New Guinea and Australia (the Australasian Darter).
Habitat: The Darter is found in wetlands and sheltered coastal waters, mainly in the Tropics and Subtropics. It prefers smooth, open waters, for feeding, with tree trunks, branches, stumps or posts fringing the water, for resting and drying its wings. Most often seen inland, around permanent and temporary water bodies at least half a metre deep, but may be seen in calm seas near shore, fishing. The Darter is not affected by salinity or murky waters, but does require waters with sparse vegetation that allow it to swim and dive easily. It builds its nests in trees standing in water, and will move to deeper waters if the waters begin to dry up.
Feeding: The Darter catches fish with its sharp bill partly open while diving in water deeper than 60 cm. The fish is pierced from underneath, flicked onto the water's surface and then swallowed head first. Smaller items are eaten underwater and large items may be carried to a convenient perch and then swallowed. Insects and other aquatic animals, including tortoises, may also be eaten, as well as some vegetable matter. In hot weather, adult birds may pour water from their bills into the gullets of their young chicks when they are still in the nest.
Breeding: The Darter is usually a solitary bird, forming pairs only while breeding. Breeding is erratic, happening whenever water levels and food supplies are suitable, but most often occurs in spring and summer. Nests are usually solitary, but Darters may nest within loose colonies with other water birds that nest in trees, such as cormorants, spoonbills and ibis. The male decorates a nest-site with green leafy twigs and displays to attract a mate, with elaborate wing-waving and twig-grasping movements. The male carries most of the nest material to the nest-site, which is normally in the fork of a tree standing in water, usually about 3.5 m above the water's surface. Both sexes complete the nest, incubate the eggs and raise the young. Chicks are kept warm by brooding continously (or cooled down by shading with spread wings) for up to a week after hatching and both adults stay in the nest with the chicks overnight. In hot weather, the adults will even shake water over the chicks after a swim. Chicks can swim after about four weeks in the nest and start to fly at about 50 days.
(Source: www.birdlife.org.au)
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The larger Coromandel Marsh Dart damselfly (Ceriagrion coromandelianum) has caught a smaller Golden Dartlet damselfly (Ischnura aurora) and started to consume it alive.
The tail of the smaller damsel was showing signs of life till the head was consumed.
Will soon release a video of the larger predator consuming the smaller predator!
An Oriental Darter in it's classic pose. The 'S' of it's neck is quite obvious. While fishing, it acts like a coiled spring, enabling it to grab the fish with lightening speed, just like a dart - hence the name darter.
one of several Common Darter dragonflies basking on the handrail in Guestling Woods - pictures below can be viewed large with a simple click, and you know you want to...
Grabbed this shot today of the last current operational midi Dart from Citybus in-between the heavy downpours!
Still looking & sounding good the 13 to Saltash passage is its regular route which it shares during the week with one of the ex Target midi E200s.
Early morning bumble down to the River Dart. You have to enjoy the big outdoors on such a lovely morning.
An image photographed in my garden on a roasting hot day where the dragonfly raised its body into the the obelisk posture which is a handstand-like position that some dragonflies and damselflies assume to prevent overheating on sunny days. The abdomen is raised until its tip points at the sun, minimizing the surface area exposed to solar radiation.