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Eggs in the morning


Eggs in the morning
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Copyright: jaap polak (carper) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2192 W: 124 N: 2599] (8406)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-07-17
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon Powershot Pro1
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): my best 25 photos [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-07-17 13:42
Viewed: 940
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Red-eyed Damselfly.

Adults. Adult body about 32–35–38 mm long. Average wingspan 43 mm (male), or 46 mm (female).

The eyes lateral and widely separated; red (in the male), or brown to red (in the female).

Legs black and yellow, or black and brown (the undersides of femora and coxae yellowish brown). Thoracic antehumeral stripes present (these short and anterior, in the female), or absent (the thorax entirely black, in the male); red to brown (reddish brownish). The wings held vertically in repose; similar in shape and venation; petiolate; unpatterned and clear. The inner wing venation blackish. Discoidal cell a simple quadrilateral, not longitudinally divided (trapezoid, without transverse veinlets). The wings exhibiting 4–5 psqs cells between the quadrilateral cell and the subnodus. Antenodal veins in the forewings 2. Pterostigma present; elongated but only about about twice as long as wide; light brown. The hindwings with two rows of cells distal to the pterostigma between the costa and the radial vein.

Abdomen linear from a conspicuously swollen base; 25–30 mm long; predominantly dull black (and pruinosed blueish grey, in the male), or green to bronze, or black (greenish bronzy-black in the female); predominantly transversely banded (segments 1, 9 and 10 blue in the male only, the female with thin blue bands between segments 8 and 9, and 9 and 10; and both sexes with thin yellow bands between the other segments); without mid-dorsal spots. The male abdomen without auricles on segment 2; with paired inferior anal appendages. Abdominal segment 8 of the female without a ventral apical spine.

Nymphs. The nymphs elongate and slender-bodied, gradually tapering posteriorly; when mature, 29–32 mm long.

The antennae with the scape considerably shorter than the other segments taken together; with the first flagellar segment longer than the pedicel. The mask narrowed gradually to the hinge; without a median cleft. The prementum bearing 6–8 major setae (3+3, 4+4, to 3+5). The body of the labial palps bearing 6–7 major setae. The outer margins of the labial palps without spines. Distal margins of the labial palps crenate and coarsely toothed. The moveable hooks of the labial palps without setae. The apical combs of the tibiae mainly of trifurcated setae.


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Wauw, What a day. Today I captured a damselfly a damselfly tandem, wit a very good details, you can see the eggs. Between those two. I hope you like the shot.
gr. Jaap
phlr, elihesam, Signal-Womb, Fisher, JeanMichel, lglandon, marhowie, red45, AndyB, chiliu, Luc, jhm, dew77, Comandante, sAner, PDP, bedford67, christophe has marked this note useful
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Excellent macro,Jaap!
very well detailed,a great moment you worked and very informative,well composed and a great used of DOF,amazing for me,I enjoy it very much,skilfully captured,Thanks for posting.

My Post Today is for You:)
Best Regards
M

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1276 W: 133 N: 874] (2804)
  • [2005-07-17 13:52]

Eggs in the morning...Love all day...!
Very good capture!
Always a beautiful moment of Nature!

Very good capture Jaap, I see those eggs very clearly never seen this before. Great composition and detail, love the red eyes. Well done.

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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2005-07-17 14:12]
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Hi Jaap,
A lovely shot, at least we can see the eggs.

I think this should have been in full focus, not just the eggs. Increasing the DOF would have helped. The composition is tight.
Excellent effort, seen much better from you. I guess we are allowed to have an off day. :)

Mike

I like the colors of their eyes, it's amazing ! good picture of a lovely scene !

Thanks for sharing,

Regards

Vincent

First time I see this, Jaap. I imagine how thrilled you were in attending this scene. Damsels are very active here at the moment due to the heat, but I would be happy to catch this in the same conditions you did it. It's a great naturalist scene. Very well done.

Nice one Jaap one several grounds I believe this is the 1st time this species has been posted on TN.The sharpness of the image down from him through to her thorax are nicely clear, I presume the breeze moved her abdomen slightly as you took the image.
The little dots on the underside of his abdomen and there is a hint she has the same, are infact parasitic mites not eggs which she carries internally. It is not unusual to see damsels with them usually up on the thorax, not neatly aranged down the abdomen.
Good post TFS yours Robert

Very nice shot, I shoted a lot of Damselfly this week end but it's first time I see eggs on them!
Treknature is a wonderful place to see amazing things.
TFS, Laurent

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  • milloup Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 538 W: 48 N: 628] (1704)
  • [2005-07-17 16:54]
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Nice one, Jaap ;-) Good sharpness and colours.
The poor chap's been working so hard, his eyes are all red ;-)) I saw one of those around here recently, but it's the only time I've actually seen one.
What a load of mites these two poor ones have, don't think I've ever seen a damsel with so many mites on it before..

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2816 W: 75 N: 7977] (26975)
  • [2005-07-17 17:51]
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What a scene Jaap! And what an invasion of these mites! Great observation, well documented by you. Poor damselfies...they're life are short and hard but at least they will produce next generation ;-)

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1586 W: 32 N: 1350] (3980)
  • [2005-07-17 18:29]
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An excellent capture Jaap,I've not seen this Red Eyed one before.
Very good composition and POV,great DOF.
Superb,well done.

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  • chiliu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1552 W: 0 N: 1169] (6448)
  • [2005-07-17 21:36]
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Very nice close-up, Jaap!
Excellent poses, beautiful colour, great composition.
TFS!

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2052 W: 315 N: 4301] (14719)
  • [2005-07-17 22:49]
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Hello Jaap!
Personal assessment of the photo: great. Nice composition.
Strong visual impact.
Aptness of the photo for the site: excellent.
Personal assessment of the note: complete.
Thank you very much for sharing.

Great macro Jaap. Colorfull with very good sharpness and very good details Very good job. WEll done

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 660 W: 0 N: 178] (626)
  • [2005-07-18 2:21]
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Goedemorgen Jaap,
U krijgt de gelegenheid er twee terzelfdertijd te fotograferen, ik heb gisteren nog geprobeerd en ik krijg er niet één zittend te pakken, maar het is weer uitzonderlijk hoe de details hier werkelijk te zien zijn, ja nu ook nog het verschil tussen een mannentje en wijfje, Jaap opnieuw een dikke proficiat van mij.
Groeten uit Vlaanderen,
John.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2005-07-18 2:36]
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Hello Jaap!
Very nice capture.Colors,POV,framing and composition are perfect.TFS...:-)

Hello Jaap!
Wonderful capture.I liked framing,colors and composition very much.Thanks for sharing.

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  • sway Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 316 W: 88 N: 308] (1212)
  • [2005-07-18 5:04]
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I'm glad we don't do it like this, we'd get sore necks!
Great photo.
Well composed. nice details
Thanks
:)

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1648 W: 79 N: 1438] (4742)
  • [2005-07-18 6:11]
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Hi Jaap,

Great capture of the eggs! Very well good. The focus is a little soft, but the composition and POV are good. Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

Great shot Jaap!
Very interesting scene captured with good details. Perfect composition and light.
I like the photo very much.
WELL DONE!

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2951 W: 366 N: 3779] (11763)
  • [2005-07-18 8:06]
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Hi Jaap, well captured. As others have already pointed out - those are not eggs, they are water mites. Good composition, a little soft in focus but well done on capturing this species.

Hello Jaap! Very good details within your DOF. An interesting shot showing these mites..(so many!) I made the same mistake when I first saw them assuming they were eggs..Well composed with great colors, especially those red eyes, Well done!

Hi Jaap,
Wow, this shot have impressive details! There is nothing wrong: all is perfect!
TFS, cordially,
Jean-Patrick

Hi Jaap, greta detail for the eggs
Congratulations

TFS
In a friendly way Christophe

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
  • [2005-07-18 16:39]
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Jaap, a colorful and... lovely shot.

Great moment, great composition. The blurred bg works well too.

When you have the time, change the "Categories" above - the picture is included in "Birds".

Best regards.

Lívio

Superbe photo, une belle scène de la nature.
Nico.

Good shot! It's the first time I see the eggs! Amazing eyes colors! Good composition. TFS
Helene

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  • optic Gold Star Critiquer [C: 322 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-08-09 14:24]
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Hi Jaap,
What a great wildlife shot, very well composed nice colours & clear details Dof & Pov are great.

Thanks for posting,
Regards,
Christian

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