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About This Image
On a warm summer day, my neighborhood pond is a non-stop spectacle of dragonfly behavior. Although photographing dragonfly behavior in flight can be exasperating, the good shots make it all worthwhile.
Here we have two Red Saddlebags flying in tandem. It’s literally a case of dragonflies hooking up. Males have claspers at their tail ends, which are used to hold onto the female by her neck. Thus arranged, the two animals are able to fly in tandem. It is as if eight separate wings are powering a single body.
The two dragonflies zoom around the pond, looking for a suitable place for the female to oviposit. When they reach the right spot, the male lets go of the female and she drops down to the water. She puts her abdomen out below the surface, and the act is done. Here comes the best part. The male does his best to reattach himself, so that the two of them can cruise around looking for the next place. But the female often shoots off in a different direction. My second photograph shows the male getting ready to pounce.
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My goal in nature photography is to steadily improve my photographic skills and tell meaningful stories about natural history.
Technical Details
Camera: OM-1MarkII
Lens: OM 40-150mm F4.0
Focal length: 150mm
Shutter speed: 1/5000s
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 4000