May dragons, damsels, butterflies

notice how these skimmers blend in with their surroundings like most of the wildlife they are masters of disguise. each one is different look carefully you will see they have different types of bodies

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these are some of the smallest of the skimmers

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No rushing or I miss what I want to photo enlarge this one if you can not see it.

some have to move before I can see them then getting the lens adjusted is another problem,

with my 100x400 lens I have no need to change lens only thing is I have to be at least 1and 1/2 meters from the subject any nearer its blurred.

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2 damsel flies today

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notice how these skimmers blend in with their surroundings like most of the wildlife they are masters of disguise. each one is different look carefully you will see they have different types of bodies

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these are some of the smallest of the skimmers

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No rushing or I miss what I want to photo enlarge this one if you can not see it.

some have to move before I can see them then getting the lens adjusted is another problem,

with my 100x400 lens I have no need to change lens only thing is I have to be at least 1and 1/2 meters from the subject any nearer its blurred.

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the swallows are on the http://birdinginegypt.blogspot.com/2010/05/barn-swallows-on-rope.html

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3/5/10

April and the dragons are out in force

This Julia skimmer flew off in front of me on the bank of the nile and flew out on to one of the reeds in the river bed to far to get a decent shot .I stood still for a few minutes and it came to rest again where it originaly flew from it posed nicelly for a few shots then off it went into the river again.







Lots of the scarlet about today to many so I just took the ones who let me get with 5ft.
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same with the damsels also the sun was low and as usual they stayed in front of the sun






This is a head down shot in one of the dried canals

Dragons 22/4/10

Damsels and butterflies

This tiny damsel is taken from the next photo see if you can find it without enlarging the photo?