A day of continual rain resulted in very few photographic opportunities, but once again things improved after dark. I wasn't treated to a hedgehog or fox this time, and the frogs were conspicuous by their absence. In fact I thought I wasn't going to see anything worth photographing. That is until I noticed some small creatures at one end of the garden pond. There was a group of them, and they weren't young newts. Close inspection revealed a small colony of damselfly nymphs.
They take about a year to mature into adults, which would take us to mid-May 2009 if they are result of the mating activity I saw earlier this year.
There are a few more shots in the Damselfly Nymphs album.
Camera note: all shots taken with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens and Canon 430EX flash unit.
Ukwildlife
6 Oct 2008nice – you dont usuual see this with out pond dipping 🙂
Words
7 Oct 2008Neil, I've seen these occasionally in the past but not as numerous. It was a nice treat and made up for the lack of any other creatures.
Vulpes vulpes
7 Oct 2008Ah, God love them – not the prettiest of critters! :p
SittingFox
8 Oct 2008Ah, I don't know Vulpes, they're…okay, they're not quite birds-of-paradise :p but the adult form makes up for that 😉
Great shots Words! 🙂
Cynthia23
8 Oct 2008Great album in the link.
Words
8 Oct 2008Thanks Cynthia!
Words
8 Oct 2008Vulpes, definitely beauty of an alien kind.
Words
8 Oct 2008Adele, thanks. I have to agree they improve with age.