https://www.willmcgugan.com/blog/personal/Will McGugan's Blogwillmcgugan.techblog 0.1.5Photograph posts in Personalhttps://www.willmcgugan.com/blog/personal/post/dragon-fly/https://www.willmcgugan.com/blog/personal/post/dragon-fly/ <p>I spent a lot of the last summer trying to get a shot of a dragon fly, but could never find them at rest. So I was hardly expecting to come across one just chilling in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Meadow,_Oxford" title="en.wikipedia.org">Portmeadow, Oxford</a>. It was a very cooperative subject, I don't even resent having to crawl over mud and cow shit to get these photos…</p> <p>The beastie below is a <em>Libellula depressa</em>, or a broad-bodied chaser dragonfly to you and me.</p> <a href="/media/uploads/images/7255692572_7d5752ba93_k.jpg"> <div> <div> <img src="/media/uploads/images/thumbs/7255692572_7d5752ba93_k_520x346.jpg" title="Dragon fly"> <div> <div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly - Libellula depressa</p> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </a> <p>Surprised how docile it was. Didn't know I could just pick one up.</p> <a href="/media/uploads/images/7255715468_a1ee6f58bb_k.jpg"> <div> <div> <img src="/media/uploads/images/thumbs/7255715468_a1ee6f58bb_k_520x346.jpg" title="Dragon fly 2"> <div> <div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly - Libellula depressa</p> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </a> <p>I like this shot. The blue in the wing is a reflection of the sky.</p> <a href="/media/uploads/images/7255793264_6346b767da_k.jpg"> <div> <div> <img src="/media/uploads/images/thumbs/7255793264_6346b767da_k_520x346.jpg" title="Dragon fly"> <div> <div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly - Libellula depressa</p> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </a> <p>More pictures on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/billowycoat/sets/72157629865078254/" title="www.flickr.com">Flickr page</a>.</p> Wed, 23 May 2012 21:10:48 -0000Dragon Fly