I visited Kent last week and spent the majority of the time with my grandchildren but i was allowed out for one foray. Stodmarsh was the choice and here are three images i captured.
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| MIGRANT HAWKER in flight. |
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| RUDDY DARTER |
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| COMMON DARTER |
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The weather was beautiful all week and dragonflies were on the wing everywhere we went. On my day at Stodmarsh i didn't see any damselflies at all and the only day i did was when we had a trip to Bedgebury Forest which is almost on the border with Sussex. It is run by the Forestry Commission and one of the main reasons we all went was so my son could take his bike on the very challenging mountain bike trail. While he did this i sloped off for a couple of hours to explore the Pinetum and the ponds. I did see a damselfly this day and what a corker it was...........the image i captured WASN'T however. My longer lens seemed to struggle and i only had my 50mm lens and not my 100mm macro in addition and the subject would not let me get close. So my only encounter thus far with this species ended up with a shocking photograph.
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| WHITE-LEGGED DAMSELFLY |
Hi Johnny
ReplyDeleteI like the rich colour balance that you achieve in your pictures.
You are building up a really good gallery of odonata.
John,
ReplyDeletenice capture of the Ruddy Darter, haven't seen one yet this year :(
John
ps. hoping to see a Ruddy member of a different species at 7
Thanks for your comments Andrew, very kind of you. They fascinate me.
ReplyDelete...........and you still hadn't when you left me this after'.
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