UTMike wrote:
Excellent captures, Doc!
Thanks for looking in Mike and for the fine comment. It was a great meeting and place to find dragons we will never have here in Delaware.
-Doc
TriX wrote:
Truly fine work - kudos.
I'm glad you liked them. I was really glad to find them. I appreciate you taking the time to look and comment. Have a great day.
-Doc
photophile wrote:
I like 1 the most!
Hey Karin! I'm glad you liked them. #1 is my favorite too. The perch was up off the ground. Most Gomphs sit on the ground and you end up with what I call " where's Waldo" shots. Thanks Karin.
-Doc
docshark wrote:
I just got back from the Southeastern Meeting of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas in Crestview, FL. Or survey area was in the Blackwater Wildlife Management Area and Blackwater Forest Fishheries Area near Holt, Florida. Our target species was the Say's Spiketail
(Cordulegaster sayi). I saw one but didn't get a shot of it. It is one of the most poorly known dragonflies of the Southeastern US. The other target species were Twin Striped Clubtail
(Hylogomphus geminatum), Westfall's Clubtail
(Phanogomphus westfalli) and Hodge's Clubtail
(Phanogomphus hodgesi). Those are shown below. These dragons are of the
Gomphidae family. Most Gomphidae will perch on the ground making for a cluttered background. The Twin Striped however, wil usually perch about three feet off the ground near their clear sandy bottom stream. They were formerly in the
Gomphus genus. The subgenera have now all been elevated to genera in the US. Of the original 53 Gomphus genera there are only 11 left with that designation, none of which are in the Western hemisphere. (That will keep the interns busy changing identification labels). It was a great meeting. I got to catch up with a lot of friends, see a part of Florida I had not seen before and make a few new friends. Enjoy. I will be posting more.
-Doc
Twin Striped Clubtail
Twin Striped Clubtail (Hylogomphus geminatum) M by
Tony Schoch, on Flickr
Westfall's Clubtail
Westfall's Clubtail (Phanogomphus westfalli) M by
Tony Schoch, on Flickr
Hodge's Clubtail
Hodge's Clubtail (Phanogomphus hodgesi) M by
Tony Schoch, on Flickr
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glad you're back from your trip safely and with awesome new dragonfly shots, doc.
it sounds like you had a fun time with your friends and an exciting dragontail hunting adventure.
Once again you get me anxious to get out and shoot some of my own. The sharing of your knowledge is very much appreciated. Thanks Doc.
Nice close-ups of the little buggers!
J-SPEIGHT wrote:
Nice set Doc.
Well Jack it was a great trip with lots of dragons to shoot. Thanks for the encouragement. So glad you liked them.
-Doc
merrytexan wrote:
glad you're back from your trip safely and with awesome new dragonfly shots, doc.
it sounds like you had a fun time with your friends and an exciting dragontail hunting adventure.
It was a lot of fun with my friends, making a few new ones and meeting some dragons I didn't know. Beautiful weather didn't hurt either. All in all it was a fun trip even with both flights delayed and having to have the plane deiced. Thanks for looking in Merry.
- Doc
randave2001 wrote:
Once again you get me anxious to get out and shoot some of my own. The sharing of your knowledge is very much appreciated. Thanks Doc.
Well Dave, once an educator....... I'm sure you would enjoy the hunt. They can be challenging at times and not always cooperative in where the perch.But I'm not telling you anything.I'm sure birds are the same and yet you come up with amazing shots.
-Doc
jaymatt wrote:
Nice close-ups of the little buggers!
Thank you John. It was a good trip with a good number of species. Can't wait for them to start flying up here in the northeast.
-Doc
queencitysanta wrote:
Outstanding😀
Thank you for that nice comment. I'm not really a photographer but more a taker of pictures. I don't have a lot of room to do the artsy shots like so many of the people on this forum. i need to get certain field marks on the dragons for exact identification. So glad you enjoyed them.
-Doc
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