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Familiar Bluet

Damselfly Sighting: Familiar Bluet

Posted Vonda on July 15, 2020

The gardens attract their share of damselflies. Seen today was this female Familiar Bluet, feasting on her prey. Damselflies are tricky to photograph because the auto-focus has a hard time locking onto their extremely slender body. This image was taken using manual focus.

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The Dragonfly Festival Continues

Posted Vonda on July 20, 2020

More dragonflies today at the pond and creek - some of the same seen on Saturday and some new ones to share. They sure do love a sunny day. This time, I had the telephoto lens to capture the dragonflies perched further away.

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