Posted on July 21, 2022
I am still going through images from our trip to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge Maryland. I had posted some of the bird images I had taken but I wanted to switch and post some Dragonfly images from the trip. All images were taken with a Canon 300mm lens with a 1.4x Teleconverter on a Canon 7D. The Featured Image is a Female Eastern Pondhawk.
Category: Blackwater NWR, Blackwater NWR, Cambridge MD, Blog, Bugs, Canon 1.4X Teleconverter, Canon 7D, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Equipment, Insects, wildlife drive Tagged: Blackwater dragonflies, blackwater National Wildlife refuge, Blackwater NWR, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, Canon 7D Camera, Canon Series III 1.4X Teleconverter, Eastern Pondhawk, Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly, female Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly
Posted on July 6, 2021
We usually like going to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge outside of Cambridge Maryland for photographing Bald Eagles. It usually has one of the largest amounts of Bald Eagles in the Northeast. But in the Summer I also like it for the large amounts & different types of Dragonflies you can find. Here I am posting some images of Eastern Pondhawk Dragonflies. Blackwater has a long Wildlife Drive so you can find a large variety of Dragonflies because of the different varieties of habitats along the Drive. Some of the best areas are by the Observation Platform that goes out above the grasses over the water & along the Wildlife Drive where there is standing water on both sides of the Drive.
Category: Blackwater NWR, Cambridge MD, Blog, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Favorite Locations, Insects, wildlife drive Tagged: blackwater National Wildlife refuge, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Drive, Blackwater NWR, Blackwater Wildlife Drive, Canon 1D MkIV, Canon 1DmkIV, canon 400mm f/4 DO, Canon 400mm f/4 DO lens, Eastern Pondhawk, female Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly
Posted on August 20, 2020
We went to Davidsons Mill Pond Park to take a walk and look for photo subjects. I was looking mostly for dragonflies, but found a few other photo subjects also in their fields of wildflowers and gardens. The gardens were locked because of Covid 19, but you could photograph through their fencing. Here are images I photographed of a male & female Eastern Pondhawk. I was using an Olympus OMD-1 with a Panasonic 100-300mm lens because I did not want to lug around my usual heavier gear. All the images here were photographed @ 300mm.