Dragonfly laying eggs

So wonderful to see so many dragons today on my walk with Rosie @rosiekind. They were laying their eggs in the water - fascinating to see.

Best on black

Uploaded for my extras album

[Pat Knowles]

Could be a beautiful illustration for a natural world book, very fine lines!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

fab!

[Mave]

Good shots! By the time I have focussed, they have gone!

[Cally]

Really hard to capture. What settings did you have your camera on? Your exif does not say. Lovely set.

[Pam Knowler]

@callymazoo thanks Cally. I had my 1.4x extender on my 100-400mm lens so the focal length was 560mm. The extender meant I could only get down to F8 which I would not normally use when trying for flight shots. ISO 6400
I am trying the extender out and I like the extra distance but it makes my Canon5D Mark 111 so heavy. Definitely not a walk around lens - the 100-400mm is bad enough on its own! All images have very tight crop!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Super collage

[Lynda McG]

Great captures and collage

[Jane Pittenger]

Wonderful series

[Linda Godwin]

Great series and in flight too!

[Marnie]

What a terrific collage you've got here.

[Babs]

Oh wow how good is this

[Kathy A]

This is a wonderful collage, fabulous shots!

[Myrna O'Hara]

Wait............ do you work for National Geographic now? Lovely series going on here. So well done in every way.

[Pam Knowler]

@sailingmusic wow what a lovely thing for you to say Myrna! Thank you so much! Made my day 😂

[Margo Sayer]

@sailingmusic
Agree with Myrna...just splendid!