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Small Red-eyed damselfly with prey, Emerald Damselfly male and a Common Darter,

damselflies

Common Blues, Emerald and Banded Demoiselle -- I take all my ode images with eh same rig as birds the Canon 400 DO2 and 1.4x converter on the Canon 5D4 -- close focus is not great but you have a lot to crop from on the 5D4 images -- all hand held -- depth of field is often a problem and tend to stop down to f8 or f11

and a few odes from the forest

common and ruddy darters were very common with the first gangs of Migrant Hawkers, lots of Emerald Damsels a few Southern and Brown Hawkers but again a worrying lack of Black Darters and Common Hawkers in the forest

a few from today

still suffering from this heat distortion, insects, itching etc
the Common Darter v Emerald was a perch dispute -- no trickery original image

a few odonates

Black Darter, Ruddy Darter, Emerald damselfly, Azure Damselfly,

Emerald Damselflies, Common Spreadwings

same camera combo as below -- the close focus on the 300 II at 2m is great for small subjects -- monopod for stability