A Happy Guy, Pt. 3 - _TNY_7640S2
After finishing our dinner on the patio, I noticed several darters landing near us and whipped out my camera.
Here is a vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum), also known as the moustached darter, and from the red colour we can say it is a male.
That mouth looks friendly and smiling, but if you have witnessed a dragonfly eating you know that it is quite a grisly sight when they open their face up and devour the poor unfortunate victim.
This one is a focus-stack of two exposures for a little extra depth of field.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50225370658/
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51056127546/
A female of the same species who landed in the same spot: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51385826940/
A Happy Guy, Pt. 3 - _TNY_7640S2
After finishing our dinner on the patio, I noticed several darters landing near us and whipped out my camera.
Here is a vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum), also known as the moustached darter, and from the red colour we can say it is a male.
That mouth looks friendly and smiling, but if you have witnessed a dragonfly eating you know that it is quite a grisly sight when they open their face up and devour the poor unfortunate victim.
This one is a focus-stack of two exposures for a little extra depth of field.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50225370658/
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51056127546/
A female of the same species who landed in the same spot: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51385826940/