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Common darter dragonfly on the greenhouse door. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene.
A surprise early morning find
I will be the first to admit not one of my finest shots but its the only time I have seen it out so I thought it was worth sticking on here!
Ex Plymouth Citybus Dart passing through Crownhill, it did catch me slightly by surprised hence the hurried shot.
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/
Wandering around and ran across this Dodge Dart. I was lucky to get it when I did...soon as I finished shooting a man showed up with a trailer to take it away. It had been stored in the barn behind it for over 10 years, he said. The upper part of the barn on the inside is collapsing so it was time to move it out.
The Blue Dart Fish are stunning. Built for speed, they dart about the place like they have 10 hours of work to do, and 5 hours to do it.
Blue Dartfish are tiny and a full grown adult might only be 20cms, and they are always found in pairs.
They are not an obvious choice for photographers as when spooked or unhappy, they run for cover of the reef. You need to sit quietly and wait for them to reemerge for a half decent photo.
This pic was shot years ago with an "Agfa Ephoto 1280" - My first digital camera with 0,7 Mpix effective pixels (with the on-camera extrapolation, it could even be called a megapixel camera...)
It was a simple camera, but I found it great for learning.
What I believe to be a Male Darter Dragonfly pays our Garden a visit.
Photographed with a Canon FD100mm F4 Macro attached to a Sony A7riii and K and F Concepts adapter.
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.
Common Darter...male
Sympetrum striolatum.
Messingham nature reserve, Lincolnshire, England.
They maybe common but they are little beauts!
Immature Ruddy Darter...Sympetrum sanguineum.
Alkborough Flats nature reserve, Lincolnshire, England.
Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer L118 YOD was a brief member of the Mortons Travel fleet. It was new to Plymouth but carried Xelabus colours whilst with Mortons. On 22nd September, 2014, I had it allocated to me for an afternoon run from Roberts May school in Odiham. A breakdown would mean that this would be its final day in service.
This is a section of the Dart Rees Track which goes through the southern part of Aspiring National Park.
The walk goes though ancient Beech forest, mountain passes and the Dart Glacier.
Near Glenorchy, South Island of New Zealand.
Sunrise at Lake Panic, Kruger National Park, close to Skukuza rest camp. Hippo and African darter in the foreground
Preserved Yellow Buses and former Big Lemon Dennis Dart M455 LLJ is seen beside current Big Lemon Volvo B10M Vanhool N173 LHU in the depot this morning.
I was chasing this Darter about for ages, everytime he saw me coming for him with the lens he flew off, I'm surprised It turned out so well.
Ive been looking out for these little Darters for ages, finally the've arrived here, i love their faces, very smiley
I'm not 100% sure but I think she's a Ruddy Darter because of the black legs, and there were also definite male Ruddies about, do let me know if she's another darter though.
With only a month and a half until the first show of the new rally season, Preserved Bournemouth Yellow Buses Dennis Dart M455 LLJ is seen out in the sunshine this afternoon having a winter clean.
Common Darter ( Sympetrum striolatum)
As it's name suggests this dragonfly is very abundant in England. It breeds in still water, even stagnant ponds, and can be seen well into November.
The males become a bright orange-red with maturity with small black spots near the end of its abdomen.
Females have a pale, yellowish-brown abdomen often developing red markings along the segment boundaries and medial line as they age.
I've added a photograph of the female in the comments section.
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Dennis Dart (TJ 836) with Duple body, new to Entwhistle of Morecambe in 1933.
Seen at the Alexander Dennis Open Day.
The darters, anhingas, or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae, which contains a single genus, Anhinga. There are four living species, three of which are very common and widespread while the fourth is rarer and classified as near-threatened by the IUCN. The term snakebird is usually used without any additions to signify whichever of the completely allopatric species occurs in any one region. It refers to their long thin neck, which has a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged, or when mated pairs twist it during their bonding displays. "Darter" is used with a geographical term when referring to particular species. It alludes to their manner of procuring food, as they impale fishes with their thin, pointed beak. The American darter (A. anhinga) is more commonly known as the anhinga. It is sometimes called "water turkey" in the southern United States; though the anhinga is quite unrelated to the wild turkey, they are both large, blackish birds with long tails that are sometimes hunted for food
The dear old thing she's dead and may be never be seen again. My favourite bus in all Edinburgh and this was a really nice discovery to find way at the back of the normal service buses, out of the way of anyone within Central depot. What a moment!
Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer SPD number 188 (Y188 CFS) and renumbered 53 sits lonely and abandoned with notices saying 'Do no Enter / Do not remove parts'.
Get There Greener Darts numbers 54 to 59 operate on Service 36 and 188 (53) seemed like the grand uncle of the group - I still look closely when the others come along thinking and hoping it might just be this one.
There is a huge lack of quality fish photos of North american species, even worse so many are miss identified! so trying to ID some has been difficult. It will be an on going thing but I am going to try and catch and photograph as many species as I can.
First up is...
The rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) is a native North American fish found in small, fast-moving streams and small to medium-sized rivers. It grows to 2 to 3 inches (51 to 76 mm) in length.[1] The species is very sensitive to pollution and silt, staying in clean, pollution-free water. The rainbow darter is easily identified by three dark spots on the back, and blue and orange in the dorsal and anal fins. It is a small perch-like fish found in freshwater streams in North America.