Landscapes and critters
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Landscapes and critters
In absense of the sun and/or acceptable conditions here lately, there's always other interesting things to keep one occupied.
Just a few landscapes and little critters from the last week or two.
Thanks for looking!
2020-08-15-Purple_heather_green by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
2020-08-08-Green_forest by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
2020-08-08-Banded_Demoiselle by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
2020-08-08-Dragonfly by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
2020-08-08-Green_veined_white by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
2020-08-08-Cross_spider by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
Just a few landscapes and little critters from the last week or two.
Thanks for looking!
2020-08-15-Purple_heather_green by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
2020-08-08-Green_forest by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
2020-08-08-Banded_Demoiselle by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
2020-08-08-Dragonfly by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
2020-08-08-Green_veined_white by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
2020-08-08-Cross_spider by Jochen Maes, on Flickr
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Re: Landscapes and critters
Hi Jochen,
Excellent images especially the critters. Do you know the difference between a Damselfly and a Dragonfly ?
Excellent images especially the critters. Do you know the difference between a Damselfly and a Dragonfly ?
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Thanks, Rainer.
Ah, the typical question Honestly, it can be tricky to keep them apart sometimes (and I'm sure I get it wrong often enough). I basically just try to use the physical differences (size/length of the torso/wings/eyes).
Ah, the typical question Honestly, it can be tricky to keep them apart sometimes (and I'm sure I get it wrong often enough). I basically just try to use the physical differences (size/length of the torso/wings/eyes).
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Hi Jochen,
Very easy. Dragonfly can not fold the wings as the Damselfly does ... That easy ...
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These are beautiful images Jochen we went for a walk on Saturday and all the Heather was in bloom and the hills purple, it was lovely.
We learned all about the differences of damselflies and dragonflies on Springwatch/self isolating bird club this year. A dragonfly holds its wings out flat and it's eye goes all round it's head so it has 360 vision. A damselfly folds it's wings upright like a butterfly and it's eyes are on the ends of it's head like on the end of a horizontal bar. Because of this difference they are able to see in a different way and so have a different feeding niche to the dragonfly. Amazing creatures also when you think they are relatively unchanged since the dinosaurs (apart from being smaller - less oxygen about). Your images show such beautiful refraction of sunlight giving rise to wonderful colouration too
Alexandra
We learned all about the differences of damselflies and dragonflies on Springwatch/self isolating bird club this year. A dragonfly holds its wings out flat and it's eye goes all round it's head so it has 360 vision. A damselfly folds it's wings upright like a butterfly and it's eyes are on the ends of it's head like on the end of a horizontal bar. Because of this difference they are able to see in a different way and so have a different feeding niche to the dragonfly. Amazing creatures also when you think they are relatively unchanged since the dinosaurs (apart from being smaller - less oxygen about). Your images show such beautiful refraction of sunlight giving rise to wonderful colouration too
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Thanks Alexandra.
The heather shot was also taken during a walk with my girlfriend (she's into photography as well). Always an enjoyable outing to be able to go on.
The downside was that we caught a massive downpour literally 2 minutes away from the car. But ah well, worth it
The heather shot was also taken during a walk with my girlfriend (she's into photography as well). Always an enjoyable outing to be able to go on.
The downside was that we caught a massive downpour literally 2 minutes away from the car. But ah well, worth it
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Beautiful photographs, Jochen.
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