Male Common Darter Dragonfly

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dunksargent
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Male Common Darter Dragonfly

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Male Common Darter dragonfly Sun basking on limestone cliffs at Langdyke Countryside Trust's 'Swaddywell Pit' reserve near Peterborough Cambridgeshire UK, November 6 2020 ... probably the UK's last active dragonfly species of the year.
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Nikon 1 J5 / Nikon 1 70-300 VR / third party auto extension tubes / Zacuto 2.5x mag. optical finder; 110mm (297mm FF equivalent) ISO 400 1/250 f6.3. Nikon 1 J5 has 1" sensor (2.7x crop factor)

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Crop of above to show detail

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Same specimen on adjacent lichen covered cliff section.

Nikon 1 J5 / Nikon 1 30-110 VR / third party auto extension tubes / Zacuto 2.5x mag. optical finder; 46.6mm (172mm FF equiv.) ISO 400 1/640 f7.1


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Re: Male Common Darter Dragonfly

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Well done!
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Re: Male Common Darter Dragonfly

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Thank you Mark; I enjoyed observing this specimen as it basked in the mid-afternoon November Sun; it might still be active because the weather is still mild.

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