A meeting of dragonflies by ocrdu

photography · @ocrdu · Jul 22 '17 (edited)

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A meeting of dragonflies

The photos below I made the other day are of dragonflies called *ruddy darter* (Sympetrum sanguineum), *bloedrode heidelibel* in Dutch.

This is the female:

![](http://www.den-uijl.nl/photography/stored/BloedrodeheidelibelVKD2.jpg)
*<sup>Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO125, f5.6, 1/500s</sup>*

And the same one looking at me:

![](http://www.den-uijl.nl/photography/stored/BloedrodeheidelibelVKD1.jpg)
*<sup>Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/200s</sup>*

She then flew off towards this male:

![](http://www.den-uijl.nl/photography/stored/BloedrodeheidelibelMKD1.jpg)
*<sup>Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/400s</sup>*

They then proceeded to making new dragonflies:

![](http://www.den-uijl.nl/photography/stored/BloedrodeheidelibelMVKD.jpg)
*<sup>Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO160, f5.6, 1/500s</sup>*

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@hassanabid · Jul 22 '17

omg damn i loved that pix <3

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@mweich · Jul 22 '17

How very fortunate to get the complete sequence!

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@hassanabid · Jul 22 '17

ohh man :D

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@ocrdu · Jul 22 '17

Specially because they can also mate while flying 8-).

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@raviraj4you · Jul 22 '17

Lovely photos...Upvoted & Followed you.

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@shahzadm · Jul 22 '17

https://steemit.com/@shahzadm

Follow me friends please

👎 ocrdu

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@mostly.nature · Jul 22 '17

Nice series of photos. It's not one we had in Scotland. At least not up north where I was,

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@tattoodjay · Jul 22 '17

Wow great shots and the red on the make so vibrant

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@manorvillemike · Jul 22 '17

I looked at the first picture and thought this must be @ocrdu 's best shot. Then I scan down and 3 more equal or better. Bravo.

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@samanthajbarnes · Jul 22 '17

The wing detail is spectacular! The female's body looks like bamboo to me. Truly amazing series...thanks for posting!

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