{"id":103712,"date":"2022-06-29T04:46:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T10:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=103712"},"modified":"2022-07-05T06:54:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:54:29","slug":"blue-eyed-darner-dragonfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/06\/29\/blue-eyed-darner-dragonfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Not A Blue-eyed Darner Dragonfly – Other Things With Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Not<\/p>\n

Not a Blue-eyed Darner<\/del> dragonfly resting on honeysuckle \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Update: I messed up the identification of this darner dragonfly, look here<\/span><\/a> for a new post about it.<\/span><\/h2>\n

I love photographing dragonflies so when this Blue-eyed Darner<\/del> dragonfly landed in front of me near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains I was delighted. The Blue-eyed Darner<\/del> 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Blue-eyed Darner<\/span><\/a> dragonflies are native to western North America from parts of central Canada down south to Panama in Central America.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my insect and spider images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love photographing dragonflies so when this darner dragonfly landed in front of me near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains I was delighted. 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