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Beautiful Dragonfly..........Ruddy Darter (Sympetrium sanguinium)

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Beautiful Dragonfly..........Ruddy Darter (Sympetrium sanguinium)

Certainly living up to his name, this beautiful red Dragonfly was darting from mossy rock to mossy rock......eventually he settled and decided to have his photo taken.....:o)



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You cetainly manage to get these insects to pose for you. This an excellent pic. ;o)

2 Oct, 2009

 

Stunning close-up, Janey
well done :o).

2 Oct, 2009

 

Just a little sweet talking ToG....Lol! Thanks TT...:o)

2 Oct, 2009

 

Nominated for GoYpedia... such a good pic :o)

2 Oct, 2009

 

Terrific shot Janey ..agree TT me too under insects .

2 Oct, 2009

amy
Amy
 

Another good one Janey , thats brilliant :o)

2 Oct, 2009

 

just look at that head!!fantastic photo.

2 Oct, 2009

 

Great close up.

2 Oct, 2009

 

I agree great photo............

3 Oct, 2009

 

Thanks for identifying my pic, Janey, I just wasn't sure! It's nice to know what I've photographed :)

3 Oct, 2009

 

Brill shot Janey.

3 Oct, 2009

 

A great picture Janey you did well to capture this lovely insect!

3 Oct, 2009

 

Think he listened to me........"You can Ruddy well stay still you little Darter" and he did!........:o)

3 Oct, 2009

 

Excellent Janey, I saw two at the local Reservoir a couple of weeks ago, but they seemed to have sort of green/blue iridescent wings. This is a brilliant shot, better than some in the books you buy.

3 Oct, 2009

 

wow great shot

3 Oct, 2009

 

Thanks Pam and Eileen.......the greenyblue ones are a different type Pam very beautiful....my favourites and they are usually really large, like small helicopters...Lol!

3 Oct, 2009

 

Great photo Janey....

3 Oct, 2009

 

Wow, excellent close-up Janey!

6 Oct, 2009

 

Marvellous photo you must have a good camera lens Janey. Dragoflies are hard to take photos of because they don't usually settle for long.

7 Oct, 2009

 

I think he wanted to sunbathe Linda.....and after a few darts around, settled for the pic. I trimmed it later before posting, it's a smashing Leica lens.

7 Oct, 2009

 

I can't get really good close ups with my camera as it's getting on a bit now but it still takes a good picture.

8 Oct, 2009

 

You still take lovely pics though Lindak.......loved your red dragon!.....this red dragonfly could make a great pal for him......:o)

8 Oct, 2009

 

Just been for a walk across the fields so I am about to post a few more pictures. It's certainly a lovely morning with plenty of sunshine and blue skies.

8 Oct, 2009

 

Lovely here too Lindak.....quite chilly though...really Autumnal.....:o(

8 Oct, 2009

 

Fabulous shot janey. Awesome in fact.

11 Oct, 2009

 

Great photo - we had some in the garden this year but despite running around trying to photo them, they didn't stay still long enough - pretty to see though

6 Nov, 2009

 

Amazing shot Janey ! I will have to try talking to mine next year if it will help me get some shots as good as yours...;-)

17 Nov, 2009



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