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Leraymurat

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Red Sympetrum ... you've probably seen it before, but what's interesting here are the little red balls that you can see under its wings. These are aquatic mite larvae that use the dragonfly as a means of transport to migrate from one pond to another!
 

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Jack

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Good morning L Leraymurat , very interesting picture here. I can see that there are in focus only top wings, a bit of out of focus at the back of the insects . Maybe try to use a flash ,?

MinitecaPhotographie or rcorteschile , they might have a better critique on this picture. But thanks for sharing it with us.
 
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nataliaflejszar&Photo

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bonjour L Leraymurat
For me no bad picture, good shot and the moment, a bit too much noise on the background and the white balls on the eyes is it flash ? - I think maybe you can reduced or remove it
Nice details on the picture
 
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I agree to MinitecaPhotographie and Jack. The position of the sun to the dragonfly is a bit critical because of the reflections. It's very interesting what you've mentioned about the mite larva. Never have heard about that.

Maybe I would try to use f/13 to get a bite more blurry background. It's a bit too busy for me.
 
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nataliaflejszar&Photo said:
bonjour L Leraymurat
For me no bad picture, good shot and the moment, a bit too much noise on the background and the white balls on the eyes is it flash ? - I think maybe you can reduced or remove it
Nice details on the picture
Click to expand...
I din't use flash, the white balls on the eyes is sun. I'll try to process the picture again ...
 
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I like the picture. These insects are hard to photograph as they are never still. Sunlight in their yes is also a problem.
The mites use the insects as mean of transportation, in this case, a huge helicopter .
This phenomenon is known as Phoresis.
 
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