Posts for: DJD
Jul 14, 2021 12:26:15 #
All excellent shots of this colorful bird. Thanks for sharing Tim, also appreciate your camera info. I love my D500.
Don
Don
Jul 14, 2021 12:05:03 #
Here are some additional small in-flight insects from El Dorado Park. I found the shape of the Yellow hairy wasp's proboscis somewhat interesting. Best viewed on download. Thanks for viewing.
Don
Don
Jul 14, 2021 11:49:08 #
raymondh wrote:
These are exceptionally sharp captures!
Is the green face the difference between the dasher & the darner?
Is the green face the difference between the dasher & the darner?
Thanks for viewing and commenting raymond. When I searched the web to get an ID on these two dragonflies (because of the different color of eyes) the green-eyed one was said to be a blue dasher and the blue-eyed one a darner. However, an UHH'er whose been studying dragonflies for many years corrected me and said both were Blue Dashers. Apparently doner's have much different body markings.
Jul 13, 2021 10:21:57 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Excellent sequence! Must have been taken in burst mode. Blue dashers are beautiful, and are especially fun to watch because they have a rather pugnacious in personality. What is likely happening here is that one has a favored perch, and the other was trying to take it (but it didn't work).
Thanks for your comments Mark. Yes, I was shooting in a burst mode. The dasher on the reed never gave up his perch. The invader, if you will, eventually flew off.
Jul 13, 2021 08:55:38 #
docshark wrote:
This is an excellent set Don. Very sharp and a fine DIF shot. Both dragons are Blue Dashers. A Blue-eyed Darner is a mosaic darner and has speckled markings on the abdomen. The thoracic pattern on both is the same if you look closely. A Blue-eyed Darner is about 65-70 mm while a Blue dasher is about 25-45 mm long.
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Thanks for the correction docshark. The webpage I was looking at got the dasher right but missed on the darner. At least I was batting 500.
Jul 12, 2021 12:57:07 #
A resting Blue Dasher encounters a Blue-eyed Darner. Assume the darner dropped by to say hello. Best viewed on download. Shots taken at El Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA. Using a Nikon D500 w/80-400. Thanks for viewing.
Don
Don
Jul 12, 2021 12:43:34 #
I've seen a lot of Snowy Egrets, but none as grouchy as this guy. Great shots. Thanks for sharing.
Don
Don
Jul 10, 2021 12:02:15 #
The nearby Joint Training Base (Los Alamitos, CA) provided the fireworks display. Photos shot from a nearby soccer field. Shot with Z7 24-70. Most shots at ISO 64 at 8 seconds w/remote shutter release, hand held....just kidding, used a tripod. Best viewed on download. Thanks for viewing.
Don
Don
Jul 9, 2021 12:11:37 #
A few more shots from Central Park, Huntington Beach, CA. Best viewed on download. Thanks for viewing.
Don
Don
Jul 9, 2021 11:46:25 #
Scottty wrote:
Trillium Lake, Painted Hills and Silver Falls
All excellent shots Scottty. The Painted Hills photo is an exceptional. Thanks for sharing.
Don
Jul 9, 2021 09:54:34 #
traderjohn wrote:
Nice pictures. I think I am thinking of a different...Central Park.
Traderjohn, sorry I should have mentioned this Central Park is located in Huntington Beach, CA.
Jul 8, 2021 10:48:34 #
Sometimes one gets lucky. On the first photo, I was shooting the cormorant and did not see the green heron until I processed the photo. I didn't mind this photo bomber... Best viewed on download. Thanks for viewing.
Don
Don
Jun 17, 2021 10:33:37 #
Rusty Lens wrote:
There is a very nice marsh area just a few minutes from my house. Every time I go there I find something to photograph. Yesterday it was Tree Swallows & Dragonflies.
Excellent shots. Especially like the swallows. Thanks for sharing.
Don
Jun 9, 2021 10:30:00 #
That's a great shot of a unique colorful looking bird. Thanks for sharing.
Don
Don
Jun 9, 2021 10:26:50 #
Excellent series. Amazing how these birds can get a massive thing like that frog down its throat. Thanks for sharing.
Don
Don