Birds Eyes And Butterflies

The piciture of this Little Wood Satyr Butterfly was taken at Ward Pound Ridge in Westchester New York. The picture of this Little Wood Satyr Butterfly was taken with the CANON EOS20D and the CANON 100 macro lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

The picture of this Common Whitetail Dragonfly female was taken in Ward Pound Ridge Westchester New York. The picture of this Common Whitetail Dragonfly female was taken with the CANON EOS20D and the CANON 100 macro lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

The picture of this Twelve-spotted Skimmer male was taken at Ward Pound Ridge in Westchester, New York. The picture of this Twelve-spotted Dragonfly was taken with the CANON EOS20D and the CANON 100 macro lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

It is that time of year where I love to take pictures of various insects especially dragonflies.

The picture of this Blue Dasher Dragonfly (male) was taken at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Westchester, NY. This wonderful dragonfly was a very cooperative subject. I spent about fifteen minutes with him while he “posed” in various positions on different perches.
I used the CANON EOS 20D with the CANON 100 f2.8mm Macro lens.

The picture of this Halloween Pennant Dragonfly was taken at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Westchester, NY.The Halloween Penannant forages from atop tall grasses, weeds and stems in open fields some distance from the water. It perches uniquely, with the forewings and hindwings in different planes. The forewings are held somewhat vertically and the hindwings horizontally.
I took this picture with my CANON EOS20D and the CANON 100mm f2.8 MACRO lens. I am finding this combination very rewarding for macro pictures.

The picture of these Ebony Jewel Damselflies in wheel position was taken at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Westchester, NY. I used the CANON EOS 7D with the CANON 100mm – 400 mm lens to make this capture.
This picture shows the dragonsflies mating. When drgaonflies mate, the male flies above her and lands on her back, bends his abdomen far forward and deposits sperm on the underside of his second abdominal segment, which is the site of his penis. Then, grasping the female behind the head with a pair of forceps-like structures at the end of his abdomen, he flies off with her in tandem. When she is ready to mate, she curls her abdomen down and forward to place its end under the male’s second abdominal segment, which has structures to hold it in place while the sperm are transferred to her reproductive tract.

Attended a really good macro workshop Saturday August 1 given by Lloyd Spitalnik and Sandy Spitalnik at Ward Pound Ridge on macro photography and shooting insects.
Here are some of the pictures.

During the Summer months, the opportunity to photograph birds slows down for awhile and the butterflies and dragon flies are abundant. We are loving to go to Ward Pound Ridge in Westchester to photograph this beautiful creatures. We went to Ward Pound Ridge last Friday and practically had the park to ourselves.