**PART 5** This Week Through your m4/3 2018.5.27

Hanging on ........



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Dwight
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There are 2 types of photographers....
...those that see the forest.........and those who see the trees....

This is a baby raccoon that I relocated two days ago when I found it dehydrated and a little delirious. I placed it near a family of raccoons near the lake shore that I thought it may have gotten separated from. Tonight I found the little critter, still alone but lookin much better. I followed him for a while and watched as he ate twigs, leaves and took drinks from the lake. He finally crawled up on a stump in the shade under heavy cover and fell asleep.

Very nice. Is this a damsel fly? I was under the impression blue ones like this are, but I'm not a bugologist so I really don't know.

the not-so-fortunate?

very nice. i saw first one of the year today, and by time i changed lenses, too late.

very much a dragonfly, the main difference being the angle of repose of the wings at rest, dragonfly's horizontal, damselfly's vertical, at least in respect to their own gyroscopes. no bugologist either, just enough know to be dangerous

will focus said:

Very nice. Is this a damsel fly? I was under the impression blue ones like this are, but I'm not a bugologist so I really don't know.

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I'm not a bugologist either, but I copied and pasted below info to tell the difference. Based on what I read below, I believe it is a dragonfly, see if you agree......

Dragonflies and damselflies are closely related and may seem at first glance to be like twin siblings. But once you know what to look for, telling the two members of the order Odonata apart is a piece of cake.

There are are four details that even the most inexperienced bug-watcher can use to identify if the insect is a dragonfly or a damselfly. They are the eyes, body shape, wing shape, and position of the wings at rest.

Dragonflies have much larger eyes than damselflies, with the eyes taking up most of the head as they wrap around from the side to the front of the face. The eyes of a damselfly are large, but there is always a gap of space between them.

Dragonflies have bulkier bodies than damselflies, with a shorter, thicker appearance. Damselflies have a body made like the narrowest of twigs, whereas dragonflies have a bit of heft.

Both dragonflies and damselflies have two sets of wings, however they have different shapes. Dragonflies have hind wings that broaden at the base, and which makes them larger than the front set of wings. Damselflies have wings that are the same size and shape for both sets, and they also taper down as they join the body, becoming quite narrow as they connect.

Finally, you can spot the difference when the insect is at rest. Dragonflies hold their wings out perpendicular to their bodies when resting, like an airplane. Damselflies fold their wings up and hold them together across the top of their backs.

Now that you know the differences, you can put your knowledge to the test with the image above: dragonfly or damselfly?

The tropical king skimmer shown here is a type of dragonfly. You can tell by its thick body, the wings held out horizontal while at rest, the eyes that wrap around to the front of the head, and the broad wings that get thicker from tip to base.

For a quick comparison, here is a damselfly at rest, where you can see the much thinner body, the eyes that sit at the side of the head, and narrower wings that taper at the base and which are held together above the body:

Very nice....have never been.......

respect (edit; pretty fine photo too, just liked the narrative better)

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chriskeats said:

very nice. i saw first one of the year today, and by time i changed lenses, too late.

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....very rare for me, but this guy just sat there for a long time.... called my wife over and she got the best shot of all between us using a Canon G3x zoomed to 600mm EQV .....

I hope it makes it..... was it tame enough to catch with your hands or did you trap it to relocate???

no doubt, one of my best damselfly shots was with old pany p&s dmc-zs10

sometimes the ability to take advantage of the opportunity trumps the gear used in execution. fo sho.

HornOUBet said:

I hope it makes it..... was it tame enough to catch with your hands or did you trap it to relocate???

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Dwight
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There are 2 types of photographers....
...those that see the forest.........and those who see the trees....

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When I found it the other day it was a bit lethargic. It let me pat him. A girl who saw what was transpiring gave me a pillow case she had in her car. I think she thought about placing the raccoon inside it . I used the pillow case but I was able to just wrap it around his body without putting him in it, so I could hold him without getting gouged by his nails. He was pretty calm for the first 200 yards but then he decided he was growing tired of the lift and tried to let me know it. Fortunately I had a good grip on him so he was unable to reach around to bite, which he was trying to do. Once I set him down where I thought the others were he calmed back down and actually walked over to my feet for a minute or two before wandering off under the boardwalk.

turtles formed nuclear families. almost forgot about this one. work been mad so haven't had much time for much.





though the bits (protons neutron and electrons) seem to be mixed up. i thought the smaller ones were supposed to be on the outside

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I used to shoot film, but I ran out of bullets
"my days of not taking you seriously are coming to a middle"
"i've been called worse things by better people"

chriskeats said:

very much a dragonfly, the main difference being the angle of repose of the wings at rest, dragonfly's horizontal, damselfly's vertical, at least in respect to their own gyroscopes. no bugologist either, just enough know to be dangerous

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I used to shoot film, but I ran out of bullets
https://www.flickr.com/photos/145521830@N04/
"my days of not taking you seriously are coming to a middle"
"i've been called worse things by better people"

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Thanks, that was easy. I wonder why I never saw that explained that easily before!

A very nicely done image. The lighting helps a lot with this.

Andrew

Well they look Happy Together. But of course they'd be, I suppose. They are after all, The Turtles.

i like the way you do business

lol, almost lmfao, took me a few seconds to clue in there. thumbs vertical

Very nicely detailed with the kit lens!

Andrew