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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Darners (Aeshnidae) » Mosaic Darners (Aeshna) » Mottled Darner (Aeshna clepsydra)
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Mottled Darner in Fight - Aeshna clepsydra - male
Copyright © 2008 Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur

Mottled Darner in Fight - Aeshna clepsydra - Male
West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
September 1, 2008
Taken at Capwell Mill Pond from Kayak
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Contributed by Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur on 2 September, 2008 - 4:38am

I love it! (and your other flight shots...)
Another amazing shot! What settings and lens do you generally use, if you don't mind my asking? I generally use aperure priority set at f8-f11 set at ISO 400-500, but wow your shots are so crisp!
… Denis A. Doucet, 4 November, 2008 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!!!
Thanks for your comments fellow bug people! Denis, I also use aperture priority but set at the highest possible setting ... in this case 5.6. This gives me the fastest possible shutter speed. I also focus manually. I was in my kayak for these shots and parked in some emergent vegetation to keep my vessel still. I spent well over 2 hours attempting flight shot. In that time I took well over 200 shots. I only saved 5. Patience is a virtue!
… Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur, 4 November, 2008 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

I still can't figure out how
I still can't figure out how someone can manage to capture a photo like that. XD
… Jonas Insinga, 17 September, 2008 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

Beautiful
Beautiful image, well done!
… Stephen_WV, 2 September, 2008 - 6:50am login or register to post comments

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