On 18 April 2017, a Common Baskettail dragonfly (Epitheca cynosura) was spotted patrolling part of the shoreline at Mulligan Pond, Jackson Miles Abbott Wetland Refuge, Fairfax County, Virginia USA. This individual is a male, in flight.
108mm (600mm equivalent) | ISO 100 | f/5.2 | 1/800s | -1 ev | flash fired
The photograph was taken using a Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ150 superzoom bridge camera and a Canon 580EX Speedlite external flash set for manual mode at 1/8 power and 105mm zoom.
Related Resource: Stop-action photography of dragonflies in flight, a blog post by Walter Sanford, features Phil Wherry’s answer to my question “How fast would the camera shutter speed need to be in order to freeze all motion of a dragonfly in flight?”
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Tags: Common Baskettail dragonfly, Epitheca cynosura, Family Corduliidae (Emeralds), in flight, Jackson Miles Abbott Wetland Refuge, male, Mulligan Pond, Odonart
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