A male Black Darter (Sympetrum danae) regulating its temperature by pointing its abdomen towards the sun in 'the obelisk position'. I will feature my session with this delightful little dragon on my main blog in the near future. FAB.
Shot 'handheld' with 450D plus 70-300mm lens. [ISO 200; 1/320; f7.1 @ 200mm]
he looks as if he is doing a hand stand! great shot.
ReplyDeleteMmmm.It's difficult to see how any female Black Darter could resist thast particular obelisk Frank.Very well captured indeed.
ReplyDeleteThat's excellent, Frank!
ReplyDeleteFrank beautiful capture of the Black Darter! Thank you for linking up with my critter party. Have a happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteWhat an acrobat! :)
ReplyDeleteHe's a very handsome fellow!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic shot of the Black Darter!
ReplyDeleteFantastic shot! What a great encounter! I didn't know gragonflies did this!
ReplyDeleteCracking shot.
ReplyDeleteYour shot is awesome and will hope to see more of your shots on this! I find these dragonflies so hard to capture in my photographs. Too fast for me
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful picture of this black darter.
ReplyDeleteNice quiet background, beautiful color and full of details.
My compliments.
That's pretty awesome. I did not know why they pointed their abdomens straight up like that. Thank you for clearing that up!
ReplyDelete…fabulous photos, Frank. I love seeing dragons obelisking in the sun.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting Frank.. great capture.. Congrats..
ReplyDeleteSo crisp. Beautiful detail.
ReplyDeleteI love all the sharp detail in your photo Frank, it's a great shot and a beautiful dragonfly.
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