{"id":1646,"date":"2010-06-03T00:06:30","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T23:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1646"},"modified":"2013-11-10T20:49:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T20:49:56","slug":"damsels-and-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/damsels-and-dragons\/","title":{"rendered":"Damsels and Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The return of summer after some dreadfully dull days. And the return of the damsels and dragons. An hour beside a secluded pond watching the flashing colours skim the surface. There were broad bodied chasers, emperors, and innumerable damsels. I took several hundred shots, but I'll only post a small selection.<\/p>\n

One day I'll manage a decent shot of this hugely energetic dragonfly on the wing. Thankfully it eventually paused (briefly) for breath.
<\/span> Emperor dragonfly<\/span><\/p>\n

Far easier are the female broad bodied chasers. I got plenty of close-ups of her hovering and laying eggs, but occasionally it's worth showing a little more of the setting.
<\/span> Broad bodied chaser<\/span><\/p>\n

But it was the damsels that dominated. These delicate, brightly coloured insects were out in huge numbers, mating and egg laying in the early afternoon sunshine.
<\/span> Damselflies<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oh, and this evening I took a few photos of fox cubs. \ud83d\ude09
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens except the fox cub for which I used the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[309,77,4],"tags":[1142,630,299,1128],"class_list":["post-1646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-damselfly","category-dragonfly","category-foxes","tag-cub","tag-damselflies","tag-dragonflies","tag-fox","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t