Dragonflies and damselflies abound. Amazing how many varieties can be seen when they stop being all the same and start being individuals.
Blue-fronted dancer (Argia apicalis)
Common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Widow skimmer (a.k.a. widow; Libellula luctuosa)
Common green darner (a.k.a. green darner or dragon fly; Anax junius)
Black saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Paiute dancer (Argia alberta)
I can never get the damned things to stay still long enough. =(
Beautiful series on these Dragon flies. The flight shot is incredible. the degree of difficulty on that one is pretty high. Congratulations.
Gorgeous series. I especially like your shot of the common whitetail. Every time I try to get a shot of that species the abdomen is overexposed (at least for the males). Nice blog, too.
Wayne: I’ll give you some pointers on that.
Thomas: Thank you! That flight shot was fun to do, but it did take some work to get the dragonfly to cooperate!
DougT: Thanks for the compliment! I know what you mean about the whitetail… I have a legion of photos with the highlights blown out. And just wait until you try to photograph one that’s sitting half in shadow and half in sunlight. Ouch!