photoartflightEastern Amberwing Dragonfly In Yard
It was very hot outside to go to a park, so I was looking for subjects in our gardens. There were a few Eastern Amberwing Dragonflies but they seemed very wary of my camera. Finally, after a while, they seemed to tolerate my presence so I was able to get some interesting shots. They are some of the smallest dragonflies, only a little under an inch long. So you have to get pretty close to get detailed images.
Eastern Amberwing, f/8, 1250 ISO, 300mm f4 lens, 1.4X teleconverter, Canon 7D
Eastern Amberwing, f/8, 1250 ISO, 300mm f4 lens, 1.4X teleconverter, Canon 7D
Eastern Amberwing, Obelisk Position, f/16, 1250 ISO, 300mm w/ 1.4X Teleconverter, Canon 7D
Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly, 4 Image focus stack for wingtips, 1250 ISO, handheld, 300mm with 1.4x teleconverter, Canon 7D
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Beutiful! It should be named goldenwing instead.
Thanks Hans! We could ask! But they (whoever they are!) would probably ignore us! So I guess we should leave it Amberwing!😊
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Such graceful poses. Wonderful photos, Reed!
Thanks Belinda! They are fun to photograph! But they are only about an inch long, so you have to get really close!
Sweet little things – that tail-up posture is interesting… defensive, ready to launch, or maybe insect yoga?? 😉
Thanks Eliza! That position is called Obelisk. A pose they use to prevent overheating on sunny days. They are fun to watch! But harder to photograph since they are so small! Plus usually very skiddish if you get close.
Thanks for the explanation… amazing!
Beautiful shots, Reed. I just took my first shot of an Eastern Amberwing couple weeks ago here in Indiana. Not fabulous like yours but my first! 🙂
You have to watch out!😊 It becomes addictive to photograph dragonflies! But they do have wings so it sort of goes along with photographing birds! Just a lot smaller!