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“The most refined skills of color printing, the intricate techniques of wide-angle photography, provide us pictures of trivia bigger and more real than life. We forget that we see trivia and notice only that the reproduction is so good. Man fulfils his dream and by photographic magic produces a precise image of the Grand Canyon. The result is not that he adores nature or beauty the more. Instead he adores his camera -- and himself.”
~Daniel J. Boorstin
The normal Red Dragonfly attains a length of 4cm, and a wingspan of 6cm. The male Red Dragonfly possesses a red abdomen, brighter than the other species of the Sympetrum genus. Their wings display red veins, and the base of the wings on the hind part are shaded yellow. The Pterostigma of this species is often pale that has a black vein in the border, and the under part of the creature’s eye has a grayish blue shade. The female Red Dragonfly also looks similar to the male, but their wings have yellow veins, and the abdomen shaded in yellow color. The legs of both the male and the female have a black and yellow shade. The juvenile Red Dragonfly looks similar to the female Red Dragonfly but has redder shade in their body.
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By the time the red-tinged meadowhawks are out and about, dragonflies are rare. Red dragonflies are special anyway, and red dragonflies when no other dragonflies are around are doubly special.
A clump of cattails were thriving in the middle of the pool of water right before it went under the road. There were a lot of dragonflies in that area. This beauty gave me a great pose before returning to patrolling the area. Dragonflies are quite territorial.
Male Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
Broad-leaved Cattail (Typha latifolia)
Forney, Tx
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As Flickr has told it often in the past, the original concept was for a social site which functioned much like a photography 'blog'. It was set up with contacts, and with newest photos at the top of the stream. We were encouraged to post photos, add commentary, and then have reciprocal contacts respond to them, as we did to theirs.
That idea has mostly been lost as Flickr has moved more toward social media like facebook, instagram and even twitter. I still like the idea of using this space to correspond with the small number of personal contacts...those who will say something rather than just clicking on the 'like' (FAVE) star.
A clarification on the last information concerning RAW conversion plug-ins for new Nikons. The same principle will apply for Canon, and any other maker. Unless the manufacturer includes conversion software with the camera, those working in LR or PS will only have access to the proprietary conversion utilities if they are subscribing to Adobe CC.
I also mentioned the project of completely redoing my media room. It is a monster project. In the top comment box I've included a photo from quite a few years ago of that room. The photo is old, virtually none of the equipment in the photo is still there. All equipment is newer, more complicated, and with different connection technology. More wiring now than then. All of the DVDs have long since been moved to three walls in the front room of the shop building.
Take a look at that photo -- larger if you like -- to see how much STUFF will be being moved and rewired.
As soon as I'm done here I'll be starting in on removing the wiring. Oh My...as George Takei would say.
This red Flame Skimmer has been keeping vigil on a horse tail reed tip in one of my container water gardens. He allowed me to get within inches of his face before flying off, only to return repeatedly to his post.
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Whenever your close to me,
you're like the sun
You feel like the sun
And everyday you`re telling me
I am the one
I am the one who makes you shine
You`re like the sun
You keep me warm
You`re telling me
When i'm in your arms
We can be anywhere
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Seen mostly in Europe, especially in the southern part, the red veined darter is a bright spot of color as it flits from perch to perch. Like all dragonflies, they are beautiful and intriguing to humans and are ferocious hunters of gnats, mosquitoes and other small bugs. This artwork depicts the beauty of the Red Veined Darter with an aura of its energy surrounding it.
is in the eating. This is for my Brisbane flickr friend Christy as proof of success. Christy takes excellent shots of dragonflies, whereas they frustratingly elude me for one reason or another and I think she was therefore reluctant to believe my success! Oh ye of little faith!
We were out with eagle eyed May ( luckily or it could have been another fail for me) hunting Bruce the Brolga who had been spotting wandering streets and homes at Griffin, north of Brisbane. Finding Bruce in a sprawling suburb was always going to be like finding a needle in a haystack, but we did come across a park and also a large cattle run or perhaps dairy farm surrounded by bushland with quite a few dragonflies buzzing about. May spotted this one atop a bushy weed, in fact, it stayed there that long despite my usual unlucky presence so long, I thought it must have passed away.
It is a rather brutish one with a thick upper body and a not so long distinctive tail. But, capture it I did, all by myself!! As for its scientific name, who knows. And it did eventually fly away.
I was pretty jazzed when I got these shots out of the can. I took about 30 shots as he held this car antenna and turned around it. I love the details, and I hope you like it too! I think it may be my best dragonfly shot to date. =o)
Today is my birthday. It was a nice day spent with my sweet husband and our dog Jessi. We went out for lunch and dinner, which is unusual, and we are stuffed! Between lunch and dinner, we fell asleep to a movie in bed with Jessi the Wonder Dog at our feet. It was a nice relaxing day. I love my life, and I'm glad I was born!
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Common Darter #Dragonfly at #wickenfen in Cambridgeshire 1st October 2022
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Magmoor Caverns
Description: Orthemis is a neotropical genus of dragonflies in the order Odonata, subordem Epipocrita (= Epiproctophora), infraorder Anisoptera, superfamily Libelluloidea, family Libellulidae and subfamily Libellulinae. The males and females of O. aequilibris possess varying tones in coloration as can be seen in a link below. In all, this is a male.
You can see more pictures of Orthemis here: www.allodonata.com/
The larvae are aquatic predators.
There is a wing membrane surrounding the hyaline nodus with a black costal vein. 10 abdominal segments seem to be present. Through observation alone and measuring with a ruler without a specimen in hands, I believe the wingspan lies somewhere around 105mm or close. Males in this genus tend to have more impacting colors than females.
Supposedly, they are of Neotropical distribution
Adults of Orthemis are aerial hunters and will predate insects in general. Their eyesight is pretty much on pair with all Odonata I've seen. They are often seen perching on a twig and can be found in humid habitats, most often forests, suburban and rural habitats.
Other sources:
books.google.com.br/books?id=J584AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA269&am...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthemis
www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-mu...
Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West (press.princeton.edu/titles/8871.html)
PROJECT NOAH (Português): www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1250308640