dragonflies

[HawkWagon]

Shot at Blue Rocks Pond near Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania:

Eastern pondhawk (males are blue, females green):









Blue dasher





Slaty skimmer







Damselfly (dancer or bluet)



Eastern amberwing



Widow skimmer

[cglock25]

Amazing shots! What kind of camera do you use?

[HawkWagon]

Thanks, cglock25. These were taken with a Canon digital SLR using a 75-300mm lens, mostly dialed up to 300.

[Knopey]

Impressive shots, and it's also impressive that you know exactly what these things are called

Out of interest, did you do any post processing on the shots eg. levels?

[HawkWagon]

No post-processing at all. Even if I were inclined, I don't really know how!

I'm a fairly competent birder, but I'm just starting to learn some of the common dragonflies, which is one reason I was taking the pictures. A good field guide is a must; I use Dragonflies through Binoculars by Sidney Dunkle.

[Knopey]

Your competence with a camera is clear - highly awesome photos

If you're interested, the Google Picasa graphics program is a good, free way to do things like auto-levels which can help with providiing the "pop" in photos where the contrast is low,such as your sixth one above.

Thanks for sharing