Not a Blue-eyed Darner dragonfly resting on honeysuckle – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/1250, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
Update: I messed up the identification of this darner dragonfly, look here for a new post about it.
I love photographing dragonflies so when this Blue-eyed Darner dragonfly landed in front of me near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains I was delighted. The Blue-eyed Darner was close and it rested on the Black Twinberry Honeysuckle plant long enough that I was able to take a nice, long series of images of it.
I’ve often had difficulties photographing this species because they don’t stick around long and quite often when I spot them they are too far away. Seeing one this close was a real treat for me.
Blue-eyed Darner dragonflies are native to western North America from parts of central Canada down south to Panama in Central America.
I hoped that the dragonfly would stay close and move to another spot when it lifted off but it flew out of my view. Still, a few moments with a dragonfly is better than a day spent inside away from nature.
Life is good.
Mia
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Excellent shot, Mia. I wonder if he has had some sort of eye injury.
The detail in this pic is absolutely stunning! I don’t know how you capture images like this…but thank God you do. Thanks Mia.
What a beauty – and yes, dragonflies are hard to photograph.
Lovely!
Nice shot and so clear.I just saw one in my yard yesterday. Fun to watch. Thanks
Great shot!