Thanks for the commentA great set WN! Especially the first three for me.
Dragonflies are basically like flying sharks – they are eating machines. They take flying bugs, especially mosquitoes, so if you breed … They are exothermic so they are almost exclusively found in sunlight. First cloud and they're probably under some leaf in a bush. .. .. I usually think of them as percher and patrollers.. The perchers are the ones I usually photograph. They tend to find “their spot” which is usually a stiff reed or low stick standing up. They will come back to it often and sit quietly. So if you find where they like to sit, as I do, then you simply wait for them to come to you. If you move slowly they will often let you work within a foot of them, or even less, making even the 50mm macro usable.. but the 100 or 150 is more practical. ... I leave a dead branch in the sun on the lawn near the garden for them to rest on and adopt as their spot... Most years it works, this year not so much … They really don't need water if there are enough flying insects. I see them frequently in parking lots and above cars parked in the sun. So find a Dragon and have fun …I see these flitting about the property often but have not had a lot of success capturing any. They don't seem to land on much here as there is no body of water at hand.
Andrew
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