David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital
Video Images
___________________________________________________Dragonflies
and Damselflies 55 – Golden-ringed Dragonflies
GOLDEN-RINGED
DRAGONFLIES Cordulegaster boltonii (f)
GOLDEN-RINGED
DRAGONFLIES Cordulegaster boltonii (f)
GOLDEN-RINGED
DRAGONFLIES Cordulegaster boltonii (f)
GOLDEN-RINGED
DRAGONFLIES Cordulegaster boltonii (f)
GOLDEN-RINGED
DRAGONFLIES Cordulegaster boltonii (f)
GOLDEN-RINGED
DRAGONFLIES Cordulegaster boltonii (f)
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This
naturally lit sequence illustrates a female Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
ovipositing in a small stream in Portugal. The photographs needed to be
taken between each oviposition as the dragonfly flew up and hovered above the
water and in retrospect it might have been better to have taken them using a
higher ISO setting to increase the depth of field. Manual focussing was
required. The long, pointed ovipositor of this handsome species is clearly
visible. The disruptive colour pattern of this dragonfly makes it difficult to
spot when hanging from vegetation.
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