Wednesday 15 August 2012

Meet Your Neighbours: Damselflies 1

I've taken quite a few images of damselflies for the Meet Your Neighbours project this summer. I think damselflies are some of the most delicate and attractive insects and so my hope is that the Meet Your Neighbours style shows off their beauty without any distracting background elements.

Here's a small selection of damselflies with more to come in future posts.

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First, an immature female Blue-Tailed damselfly of the rufescens form which has a distinctive pink thorax.



and a different view of the same individual:



The following image is of another female Blue-Tailed Damselfly:



Next, a male Banded Demoiselle damsefly:



and another view:


 and finally a female Banded Demoiselle damselfly:



In a future post I will include Emerald damselflies, Azure damselflies and maybe a close-up or two of damselflies' impressive 'faces'.


2 comments:

  1. Just stumbled on your site. These are pretty shots. Did you get these in a light tent?

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  2. Thanks for your comment. These images were taken on location using a piece of white Perspex as the background. A flash gun was placed behind the Perspex and I also used a camera mounted flashgun.

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