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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: PeterAit on July 14, 2015, 09:43:57 am

Title: Dragonfly
Post by: PeterAit on July 14, 2015, 09:43:57 am
Taken in a salt marsh on the North Carolina coast. I have not been able to ID this critter, any ideas? Taken with an E-M1 and, of all things, the Panasonic 100-300 mm zoom lens at 240 mm.
Title: Re: Dragonfly
Post by: Rainer SLP on July 14, 2015, 11:31:14 am
Hi Peter,

Below you can find a list of the Dragonflies of North America

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Odonata_of_North_America
Title: Re: Dragonfly
Post by: Rainer SLP on July 14, 2015, 11:35:30 am
May be the one below ?

Libellula needhami

http://bugguide.net/node/view/406487/bgimage


Title: Re: Dragonfly
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 14, 2015, 01:35:36 pm
It certainly does look similar to the one Rainer suggested, but IMH Peter's photo is much nicer than the one in Wikipedia.

That's a beautiful capture, Peter!
Title: Re: Dragonfly
Post by: Rainer SLP on July 14, 2015, 04:12:23 pm
Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 14, 2015, 01:35:36 pm
It certainly does look similar to the one Rainer suggested, but IMH Peter's photo is much nicer than the one in Wikipedia.

That's a beautiful capture, Peter!


I agree  ;D

...but having those images in the Internet with as many as different angles helps a lot for identifying the animals in nature. I was looking especially for that white stripe in front of the wings  :o
Title: Re: Dragonfly
Post by: BobDavid on July 14, 2015, 05:33:38 pm
sweet
Title: Re: Dragonfly
Post by: Arlen on July 14, 2015, 06:04:07 pm
That's a very appealing image, you managed to get it in front of a great background.

It looks like a skimmer type to me. It's hard to be sure without seeing more angles, but it's probably a female Yellow-sided Skimmer, Libellula flavida, which is found in North Carolina though it's apparently fairly uncommon.

http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/FieldGuideAction.get/id/47124 (http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/FieldGuideAction.get/id/47124)

A series of pictures of both males and females from different angles:  http://greglasley.com/nonBirds/yellowsideskim.html


Title: Re: Dragonfly
Post by: Rainer SLP on July 14, 2015, 06:44:31 pm
Quote from: Arlen on July 14, 2015, 06:04:07 pm
That's a very appealing image, you managed to get it in front of a great background.

It looks like a skimmer type to me. It's hard to be sure without seeing more angles, but it's probably a female Yellow-sided Skimmer, Libellula flavida, which is found in North Carolina though it's apparently fairly uncommon.

http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/FieldGuideAction.get/id/47124 (http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/FieldGuideAction.get/id/47124)

A series of pictures of both males and females from different angles:  http://greglasley.com/nonBirds/yellowsideskim.html




Thanks for that interesting Odonata Central page link