Emerging dragonfly.

Gaz J

Gaz J

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Very lucky today. Went out early and was rewarded with the sight of a Dragonfly emerging from its larval skin. Time scale from the first to last image was an hour and 10 minutes.

Difficult to get low enough to photograph it and I was covered in mud and soaked by the time I had finished. But it was well worth it.

Thanks for looking. As usual comments, good, bad or indifferent welcome.

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Four Spotted Chaser

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Four Spotted Chaser

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Four Spotted Chaser

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Four Spotted Chaser
 
Fantastic set! Watched this myself once and it's an incredible sight - especially watching the wings grow and take shape.
Brilliant! :)
 
Terrific set Gary, always a great process to observe. I always feel privileged when I see it happen. Getting the aperture right to get a sharp sot without a distracting background is really hard in these circumstances, but these look great.

By the way, if you did't know, it's a Four-spotted Chaser.
 
Thanks Maria, Robert, Mark.

with these you really have to take whatever background you get. Their hold when they are emerging is very tenuous and I would hate to dislodge one trying to move a few bits of grass, reeds etc. Once it was out then I was able to move some of the more distracting elements but I'm happy to take it as it comes .
 
Excellent set, well done indeed (y)
 
Thats a fab set of shots, your very lucky, maybe this year will be my year.
Jealous, well just a tad :)
 
What an amazing experience and a really great set of pictures to capture it. Very well done indeed!
 
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