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Submitted: May 28, 2007
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Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS 20D
Shutter Speed: 1/200 second
F Number: F/16.0
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Date Picture Taken: May 26, 2007, 10:15:10 PM

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An Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator. It stays in this flipped-back position for around 10-15 minuts after leaving its larval exoskeleton waiting for the chitin of the limbs to harden.
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`davincipoppalag:icondavincipoppalag: May 28, 2007, 3:17:56 PM
Great capture..

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~tanayah:icontanayah: May 28, 2007, 3:18:58 PM
boskie :wow:. że też udało Ci się to złapać... :clap:!

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*Blepharopsis:iconBlepharopsis: May 28, 2007, 3:25:41 PM
Thanks!
This species undergoes metamorphosis around midnight (they do it in the morning to noon time). Luckily I have this tiny pond in front of my house that is infested with dragonflies.
=ninazdesign:iconninazdesign: May 28, 2007, 3:26:14 PM
Hey, do they do it;) up there ...hmmm strange it is not lower down :giggle:

Amazing :wow:

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*Blepharopsis:iconBlepharopsis: May 28, 2007, 3:28:30 PM
aye, they go all the way up there! For views maybe? :D
`davincipoppalag:icondavincipoppalag: May 28, 2007, 3:29:19 PM
And you're an insomniac lying in the mud in the middle of the night! lol

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`davincipoppalag:icondavincipoppalag: May 28, 2007, 3:29:31 PM
And you're an insomniac lying in the mud in the middle of the night! lol

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*Blepharopsis:iconBlepharopsis: May 28, 2007, 3:30:04 PM
dzieki!

nie bylo to takie trudne w tym roku - mam pod domem sztuczne jeziorko, w ktorym roi sie od larw wazek.
*Blepharopsis:iconBlepharopsis: May 28, 2007, 3:31:52 PM
totally... is it symptomatic...?
*cycoze:iconcycoze: May 28, 2007, 3:36:16 PM
Wow that is fantastic!

Do you use any tubes/extenders with your 100mm?

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