On the Tip - _TNY_3321
July 23rd (of 2025) was probably my best day (so far) of shooting beautiful demoiselles (Calopteryx virgo).
This was along the Stenbäcken creek running through part of the Tyresta National Park in Sweden, and there were so many lovely opportunities once I figured out how to get them.
It turns out, the male demoiselles (like this one) like to perch in sunny spots on stuff overhanging the water so I just sat down pretty close to a sunny spot on a mossy twig and stayed still and eventually, one of them came up and landed in the sunny spot.
Demoiselles have this interesting habit of briefly fluttering their wings once or twice after landing - and that is what this one is doing when I took the shot. In this shot taken soon after on the same day, they are in the resting position: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54674850069/
With a litte timing, you can get real cool shots of the fluttering if you manage to get in at the right angle. Here's one from back in 2019 (also at Åva-Stensjödal): www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48986927198/
On the Tip - _TNY_3321
July 23rd (of 2025) was probably my best day (so far) of shooting beautiful demoiselles (Calopteryx virgo).
This was along the Stenbäcken creek running through part of the Tyresta National Park in Sweden, and there were so many lovely opportunities once I figured out how to get them.
It turns out, the male demoiselles (like this one) like to perch in sunny spots on stuff overhanging the water so I just sat down pretty close to a sunny spot on a mossy twig and stayed still and eventually, one of them came up and landed in the sunny spot.
Demoiselles have this interesting habit of briefly fluttering their wings once or twice after landing - and that is what this one is doing when I took the shot. In this shot taken soon after on the same day, they are in the resting position: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54674850069/
With a litte timing, you can get real cool shots of the fluttering if you manage to get in at the right angle. Here's one from back in 2019 (also at Åva-Stensjödal): www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48986927198/