Saturday, August 7, 2010

Pond activities: floating and laying eggs


Floating, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Aeshna grandis, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Aeshna grandis, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

It is getting hot again, today already over 29 °C, tommorrow it is forecasted 33 °C. I went for a short walk at noon, when there was some cloud cover, but couldn't take the heat for long.

Beside a small pond a female Brown Hawker was laying eggs. It was fearless of me, so I took dozens of photographs, approaching with the LX3 as close as 3 cm to the dragonfly. This is one of the most common ones in Finland, and looks really grand.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like image #2. Great shot!

Art

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Juha Haataja said...

Well, I must thank the Brown Hawker for its graciousness.

I returned to the pond today and didn't have such luck again.

Anonymous said...

Juha,
It happens all the time. You return for another shot or a better one and the thing is just not there or the atmosphere is different. That’s what makes a particular moment unique. You got it done right, no need to return.

Art

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Juha Haataja said...

Indeed - but sometimes you return just in case...