Dragonflies are a lot of fun to watch, but tricky to photograph. Lots of patience is needed. Here are some images from an afternoon trip to Murphy Bridge, at Iredale in the Lockyer Valley.
I was messing about with an old Nikon MF zoom lens on my Olympus OMD EM1. The results aren’t perfect, but you get the idea. Such wonderful insects!
Powered by Cincopa Video Hosting for Business solution.Dragonflies of Lockyer Valley Fiery Skimmer (Orthetrum villosovittatum) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 8:15:54 PM width 1620 cameramodel E-M1 Red and Blue Damsel (Xanthagrion erythroneurum) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 8:47:18 PM width 719 cameramodel E-M1 Black-headed Skimmer (Crocothemis nigrifrons) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 8:49:00 PM width 1619 cameramodel E-M1 Australian Tiger (Ictinogomphus australis) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 8:49:45 PM width 1620 cameramodel E-M1 Graphic Flutterer (Rhyothemis graphiptera) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 8:58:36 PM width 1619 cameramodel E-M1 Australian Tiger (Ictinogomphus australis) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:03:31 PM width 720 cameramodel E-M1 Graphic Flutterer (Rhyothemis graphiptera) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:06:40 PM width 1620 cameramodel E-M1 Australian Tiger (Ictinogomphus australis) and Graphic Flutterer (Rhyothemis graphiptera) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:08:37 PM width 1620 cameramodel E-M1 Graphic Flutterer (Rhyothemis graphiptera) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:08:42 PM width 720 cameramodel E-M1 Australian Tiger (Ictinogomphus australis) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:09:00 PM width 720 cameramodel E-M1 Graphic Flutterer (Rhyothemis graphiptera) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:11:15 PM width 1620 cameramodel E-M1 Graphic Flutterer (Rhyothemis graphiptera) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:12:03 PM width 1619 cameramodel E-M1 Graphic Flutterer (Rhyothemis graphiptera) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:12:43 PM width 1619 cameramodel E-M1 Black-headed Skimmer (Crocothemis nigrifrons) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:15:00 PM width 1620 cameramodel E-M1 Black-headed Skimmer (Crocothemis nigrifrons) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:16:25 PM width 1619 cameramodel E-M1 Orange Threadtail (Nososticta solida) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:18:22 PM width 1619 cameramodel E-M1 Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:22:43 PM width 720 cameramodel E-M1 Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:31:03 PM width 1702 cameramodel E-M1 Australian Tiger (Ictinogomphus australis) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 8:38:59 PM width 720 cameramodel E-M1 Gold-fronted Riverdamsel (Pseudoagrion aureofrons) flash 24 cameramake OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP height 1080 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 2/22/2016 9:24:45 PM width 1620 cameramodel E-M1
They are wonderful insects and your “mucking about” has produced a beautiful set of shots, Rob. Fantastic! 🙂
Thanks Jane, much appreciated! Cheers, Rob.
beautiful collection of photos. I have been trying to learn to photograph them, that is hard enough, but working out the identifications is proving rather challenging for me.