I guess I should add a second series of pictures from my first real macro "trip" this year. I'm in Rössjöholm, a part of Sweden quite close to Denmark, and dominated by two lakes. But I'm staying in a small house, 40 meters from a small pond (maybe 30x80 meters) where there are lots of dragonflies.
This is an early morning photo series, which started with the first picture at 7:08 AM, and ended at 11:58 AM. It shows some of the photos I took of an emerging Downy Emerald, Cordulia aenea, on the 2. of May.
First the larvae, as I found it clinging on to some vegetation above the water.
Canon 5D, Sigma 150, tripod, Mirror Lock up, uncropped.
f/16, 1/3 s, iso 200
Close to an hour later, it started breaking the exuvia above the thorax. The two pictures following, show every 3rd of 4th picture I took during the proces.
all f/11, iso 200, cropped
all f/11, iso 200, cropped
This is the most time I have ever invested in one single insect, close to five hours. It was a rather cold morning, resulting in this quite slow emergence.
Thankfully, food and coffee was only a minute away.
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