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Erythromma najas
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Copyright: Alan Turvey (liquidsunshine) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1889 W: 112 N: 3371] (11494)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-28
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro, Hoya 58mm skylight
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-28 8:24
Viewed: 1081
Points: 40
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I decided to get back to Bulbourne this morning. I haven't been there for about 6 months, and there's always plenty to photograph at the site. This is a 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.

Distribution. Northern England, English Midlands, East Anglia, Wales, southeast England, southwest England, and central southern England (locally common, mainly in the Midlands and southeastern England and the Welsh border). Adults on the wing early May to early October (generally in best mature condition late May to early August).

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Thanks for looking, enjoy the rest of the weekend.
dew77, marhowie, liziafa, viv, jeanpaul, ramthakur, SkyF, Dando, coasties, red45, eruyanik, valy67, Snoops, thistle, zeca, firelord has marked this note useful
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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-05-28 8:38]

Hello Alan,
Nice to see a new post from you again.IT's an excellent close up,red eyes are amazing.I liked POV,DOF you managed,cross framing and composition a lot.TFS...:-)

Great capture Alan,
Good detail, colours and sharpness. exposure and lighting are good. Good POV and composition.

Thanks for posting, have a great week my friend.

Hi Alan,
Very nice photo, good details, sharp and colors.
Well done!
TFS Malgosia

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  • viv Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 3 N: 653] (3307)
  • [2006-05-28 9:38]

Hello Alan,
Great macro shot, so full of details and colours and not to forget the drop.
Excellent.
Thanks
Vivian

Salut Alan
Magnifique photo que ce joli red eyed.J'aime beaucouo tous les détails et les belles couleurs de l'insecte et très belle présentation
Merci et au revoir....JP

Fantastic macro of the face of this damselfly, Alan.
Superv DOF, colours and details.
TFS.

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2006-05-28 14:48]

Hi Alan,
excellent makro. I love the tight POV and the DOF. Amazing details and excellent sharpness. Well composed.
TFS..Sky

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 637 W: 32 N: 792] (3084)
  • [2006-05-28 16:17]

Hi Alan, just a quick visit, back to dirty nappies in a bit. Great macro, I love your unique POV and the details and colours create an excellent composition. Well done and TFS.
Dean.

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2006-05-28 20:01]

Welcome back Alan, you had a long 'weekend' away!
I like your composition here showing the Red-eyed Damselfly up so close with teh water on the leaf. Very good details, colours and lighting. Well done and TFS.
Janice

Hi Alan

Great macro. This charachter has got big red googley eyes and lots of whiskers.... scarey! I love the water droplet. Good stuff. Thanks.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-05-29 2:09]

Wow, Alan, fantastic macro! I like its red, weird eyes. POV is brilliant, same as sharpness and details. Water droplet is a nice bonus. Very good post my friend!

Wow! Great red eyes Alan! So cloce face shot, all the details on the face is seen on this one. But I like the drop on the edge! That made the composition amazing. Congratulations!
Ersin

Hi Alan,
Excellent shot on this interesting red-eyed damselfly with great POV and amazing colours.
Thanks for sharing!

Nice to see a new photo from you ! :-) Nice sharp details and excellent colors, good POV, good compositioin, and a wonderful BG. I also like the waterdrop on the damselfly's leg. Very well done !
Valérie.

Hi Alan,
Like the details in this, and do like the tiny water drop with its own little image within..
Thanks for posting :)

Hello Alan,

I like the perspective on this cute little guy, also the DOF works great for his image as it emphasizes more on the well detailed face. :)

Hello Alan,
Very interesting shot! I don't think I've ever saw such damselfly. The eyes are quite strining, especially because of the POV and shallow DOF. I like it though because that makes the picture interesting. Great colours and good framing too.
WELL DONE!

Have a great rest of the week!

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 856 W: 2 N: 617] (2142)
  • [2006-05-30 15:27]

Hello Alan , A Beautifull close up shot from the damselfly ,good details pof the bg sharpnes compositie and his red eyes ,very good ,tfs ,Greetings Teunie .

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  • zeca Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 373 W: 14 N: 538] (2881)
  • [2006-05-30 23:37]

Amazing capture, Alan! Very well composed! Beautiful colours and amazing details. Nice POV!TFS!
Zeca

hi alan
excellente netteté sur la tete avec les details et un BG bien flou.une petite touche suplementaire avec cette goutte d'eau au bout du brin d'herbe.
laurent

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