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Libellula depressa


Libellula depressa
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Copyright: Valerie Schnepp (valy67) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 59 N: 2916] (8735)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-19
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 350D, Canon EF 55-200mm 4.5-5.6 II USM
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/500 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-05-21 12:14
Viewed: 609
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Here another one from my day with Dagonflies and Damselflies. Not as good as the previoux picture, because here the head is out of focus, but I really like these insects, they are big, impressive and so beautiful, so I thought it was worth posting even if not perfect.

This huge Dragonfly is a male Broad-bodied Chaser (I suppose, but I'm not 100 % sure), a European Dragonfly with a wingspan of approximately 70 mm. But this one was bigger. The males have a blue broad bodies with dark patches on the wings, and the females are yellow/light brown.

I found them near the lake of Jaegerthal - there is the lake in itself, and then, at the end of the lake, a vast area of marshes and mud, full of reeds and different water plants. I saw at least a dozen of these Dragonflies, flying over the water, sometimes so close that I thought they would fly into me. I saw some couples mating in flight, and I even saw a female laying her eggs (and I was stupid enough to miss all the pictures of this event).

They were easy models, as they were sitting nicely on banches sticking out of the water. They flew away when I came too close, but I just had to wait some minutes and they came back at exactly the same place, so it was quite easy.

I post two pictures in WS, the first showing the under-side of a male, completely brown, completely different - at first I had thought it was another species. And the second picture is a poor attempt on in-flight capture, but at least you can see the colors of the female. She was hovering at 20 cm over the water, and every second she went down on the water to lay an egg. It lasted several minutes, it was very interesting to watch.
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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2009-05-21 12:22]

Bonjour Valerie!

Agree with your ID - this is Libellula depressa in very characteristic pose. I also like these big dragonflies - they look great and are quite polite models. OOF head isn't very distracting here, I like detailed wings and beautifull, clear composition - dragonfly looks like floating in green space. Very good work my friend!

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1395 W: 56 N: 4813] (16556)
  • [2009-05-21 12:26]

Hello Valerie,
Excellent capture of this Libellula. Very good composition. Excellent POV, DOF and sharpness. Splendid light and colours.
Best regards Siggi

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3845 W: 190 N: 11435] (35239)
  • [2009-05-21 12:39]

Hello Valérie,
A fine shot of a male Libellula depressa taken from a good dorsal POV with mostly excellent sharpness against a great OOF natural BG. These have just started to fly here now but they have not become blue yet.
I like the WS shots too.
Thanks and best regards,
Ivan

Wonderful species, wonderful shot!
Congrats Valerie!
Ersin

Ciao Valerie, beautiful POV for a fantastic dragonfly, splendid details and superb sharpness, wonderful colors and beautiful blurry BG, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2422 W: 94 N: 5616] (17852)
  • [2009-05-21 13:18]

Hello Valery,
Beautiful and extremely sharp detailed photo of this dragonfly. Splendid clear colours and composition. Beautiful OOF BG.
Regards,
Peter

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 630 W: 0 N: 585] (3316)
  • [2009-05-21 13:30]

Bonsoir Valerie !
Un rendement exceptionnel!
Une magnifique macro avec un merveilleux joueur.
Une belle soirée,
Adrian

Hi Valerie, amazingly delightful macro of a male Broad-bodied Chaser from an unusual but great POV with great clarity and fine OFF green BG.
TFS and cheers,
Bayram

Witaj Valerie!
Most beautiful conception.. You presented dragon-fly very nicely. I know from naturalists, with such formaldehyde it is good to dragon-fly's identification. You have sharpness very good. Splendid colours and excellent background.
Pozdrawiam - Roma

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  • jignasi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1287 W: 0 N: 2047] (14927)
  • [2009-05-21 14:32]

Bien captado el equilibrio y un excelente fondo. Buen enfoque y profundidad de campo.
Saludos Valerie: Josep Ignasi.

bonjour Valerie

excellente photo de cette insecte, avec un excellent POV de dos,
superb focus du sujet avec d'excellentes netteté et détails, TFS

Asbed

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2273 W: 10 N: 2661] (15669)
  • [2009-05-21 23:38]

Mágnífica macro amiga,
bellos colores y sobresaliente foco.
bg y fina pov.
saludos Valerie.

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 71 N: 758] (4703)
  • [2009-05-22 0:18]

Hello Valerie,
There is season for dragonflies and your is in perfect focus. Bright colours in very good light.
Best regards, Pawel

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 664 W: 15 N: 1661] (6461)
  • [2009-05-22 1:31]

Hello Valerie
Wonderful capture with great details and beautiful colors,
Regards
Razvan

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1347 W: 0 N: 2588] (9129)
  • [2009-05-22 4:27]

Hi Valerie,
wonderful photo. Very very sharp and excellent composition.
The colours are so lovely and the green background make this shot really splendid.
Excellent job, Valerie.

regards,
Foozi

Hello Valerie,

Great close up of this beautiful Libellula.
Nice colours with fantastic detail.
Lighting and composition are splendid.
Good notes.

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  • Pearl Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 85 W: 25 N: 45] (137)
  • [2009-05-22 7:18]

Hi Valerie,

Womderful capture of this dragonfly. Lovely details on the wings and boken, good sharpness and clarity too. The lighting and colors are nice with a very effective and original POV. Nice composition and good notes. TFS.

Pearl.

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2175 W: 221 N: 4385] (14914)
  • [2009-05-22 7:57]

Hi Valerie

Even if the head isn't in perfect focus, i still think this is a lovely shot of this bread-bodied chaser and, as Greg said, in its typical pose.
The exposure on these males can be very tricky - due to their bright abdomen - but you managed it well here. The result is some very beautiful colors everywhere, including that gorgeous BG.
One should also consider that you took this shot with a non-macro lens and therefore your control was somewhat limited. Even more so, i think your shot is great and i congratulate you for it.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3609 W: 143 N: 5702] (18641)
  • [2009-05-22 8:43]

Hi Valerie.
I am impressed with your outstanding picture. It is simply brilliant in all aspects. Fantastic scene, terrific quality o the shot. Stunning sharpness and details of the fine dragonfly. Lights and colours are the best. BG is so great as the main subject. It is a dream of every wild nature photographer. Bravo.
Alexei.

bonjour Val
une autre fantastique image de notre agréable sortie près des Lacs
les détails sont superbes, surtout les ailes
les couleurs sont magnifiques, le BG vert me plait beaucoup
Félicitations
Jacqueline

hello valerie
SUPER picture
good light sharpness andetails
beautiful colours
GREAT shot
greeting lou

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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 531 W: 87 N: 697] (6193)
  • [2009-05-23 13:08]

salut Valérie,
très belle prise de cette grosse libellule, perso je n'ai encore jamais réussi à m'approcher assez. Belle composition simple sur un BG uni coloré. Dommage que les ailes droites soient hors champ à 1/500 il y avait moyen de tiré encore sur le DOF.
gAETAN

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  • briGG Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 171 W: 2 N: 272] (1383)
  • [2009-05-24 3:11]
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Bonjour Valérie,

Superbe libellule comme je les aime! Bien sûr, même les yeux sont un peu loin du point focal donc un peu flous... mais bon. Moi qui démarre et ai, souvent, les 4/5 du sujet dans le flou... je ne peux qu'admirer ta photo... et ta patience!!

Ton commentaire est intéressante, il situe bien le contexte à plusieurs points de vue.

Il serait presque utile parfois d'avoir une carte géographique pour situer l'endroit de la capture :)

Merci pour cet intéressant cliché

briGitte

Ciao Valerie
très jolie image de cette Libellula depressa prise avec une excellente netteté, très belle composition, les couleurs sont fantastiques.
Merci et félicitations
Amicalement
Maurizio

You certainly had a great day for shooting insects, Valerie.
This is yet another powerful capture of a dragonfly native to Europe. It looks so sturdy and young.
The picture is needle sharp and the details on the wings and abdomen are really outstanding.
TFS and all the best.
Ram

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  • KOMSIS Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 245 W: 0 N: 612] (2063)
  • [2009-05-29 10:30]

Bonjour Valérie,
Dragonfly species, the most difficult to photograph ...
A fine shot of a male Libellula depressa
Great color and detail with blurred green background.
have a nice weekend,
Seyfi

Bonjour Valérie
Qu'elle belle petite ballerine toute délicate et colorée! Les photos de Libellules ne sont pas faciles à faire, je n'en ai jamais réussis une bonne! La composition, les détails et couleurs sont dignes de mention et que dire du bel effet crée par cette profondeur de champs. C'est exquis! Bravo!
Goldy

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1178 W: 32 N: 1227] (3760)
  • [2009-06-01 13:49]

Hi Valerie,
Excellent close up.Exposure is spot on,focus couldn't be better.Well caught and composed.
Thanks for posting..

Valerie,
This TRUELY a great piece of posting work showing in detail the male & female.
LOVE YOUR DEDICATION. (Have seen your latest work. GREAT !!!)
Lovely notes too..... meticulas care.....
I've used TV and 1/1600 for fast flyers; also for swallows I've gone as high as 1/8000. These fellows are FAST.
Friendly greetings from Canada from Mario & Bernardete.

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