Dragon of Anahuac

arlon · Post by **arlon** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:26 pm

Shot this little fellow with an 80-400mm Zoom. Not exactly the best of closeup lenses but it work fairly well. Out looking for birds an Anahuac wildlife refuge (east of Houdston) but found this little fellow instead.

D200, 80-400mm VR, 1/250s @ F8, 230mm, cropped and resized.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:37 pm

Well they say a dragon fly in the hand is worth two on a stick. Well maybe that was for the birds but hey this is a pretty good shot.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:33 pm

I would agree, Not to bad at all Arlon. a beautiful Dragonfly

Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:07 pm

You have lovely dragonflies down in the south.
To me this looks like a male Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea).
It looks rather pale though, maybe it's old.

Erland

arlon · Post by **arlon** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:44 pm

Erland R.N. wrote:It looks rather pale though, maybe it's old.

Erland

May have just been the day. It was very overcast and I did not use a flash. Buddy used a flash and it was even more washed out. Good light it surely would have been brighter.