David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital
Video Images
_____________________________________________________Dragonflies
and Damselflies 54 – Southern Hawkers
SOUTHERN
HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN
HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN
HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN
HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN
HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN
HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN
HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN
HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN
HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN
HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN
HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
SOUTHERN HAWKER DRAGONFLY Aeshna cyanea (m)
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Persistence
will be required when attempting to photograph Southern Hawker Dragonflies Aeshna
cyanea in flight – not because they won’t
come close enough (they often will), but because sometimes they will fly too
near to be photographed or they might even settle on the photographer’s
clothing. They are also prone to patrolling quite close to the ground or flying
in shade and this can make them extremely difficult to pick out against a
cryptic background. Therefore, a 105 mm macro lens (manually focussed and
concentrating on the eyes) and twin flashes were required to obtain sufficient
lighting and acceptable depth of field for this series of photographs – and of
course there were misses that you won’t be seeing here! Using a more powerful
lens or natural light would have been counter-productive in the deeply shaded
area of woodland where two males were flying, and it is uncertain if one or
both were photographed during the session. The Southern Hawker is undeniably
one of the most handsomely marked of British dragonflies.
- David’s
film of a female Southern Hawker Dragonfly ovipositing may be seen at: https://youtu.be/AXEv3baFkjM.
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