4213. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS. The common Parasol in Yio Chu Kang forest and Singapore Botanic Gardens. Book on dragonflies and damselflies sg

PHOTOGRAPHY TIP.

PHOTO 1. P Mode. 14 Aug 2022.


A male Common Parasol (Neurothemis fluctuans) dragonfly posed for me on the ground ,Sun 14, 2022, 10 AM

Canon R5 and tripod, P Mode. No breeze. Indirect sunlight, YCK Crescent forest, Singapore. 

Very difficult to get such a sharp image as many do not stay for photography. 

When I tried to place the tripod from 8 to 4 feet away from him, he flew away.

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PHOTO 2. SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS. TV Mode. 22 Jul 2023.


The Common Parasol (Neurothemis fluctuans) in
 Singapore Botanic Gardens on 22 Jul 2023 at 9.46 am

Canon R5, Handheld, TV, 1/125sec, f/22, ISO 1600. 6 shots. Only this one is sharp.
 

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IDENTIFICATION OF DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFIES

 

1. Is it a dragonfly or damselfly

 

                           Dragonfly                                                         Damselfly

Wings -      2 sets of wings of different                     Both sets identical

                   size and shape

                 Wings not folded at rest                          Folded at rest

2. Male                                                                                 Female
    A pointy "clasper" at the tip of its body              A blunt tip of body which is the
   for grabbng onto females in courtship                  ovipositor for depositing eggs (like blade)

    Bulging organ at the base of aabdomen (penis)     Has a flat abdomen

3.  Colour

Some species have distinctive colours

e.g. hot-pink dragonfly is a mature male crimson dropwing (Trithemis aurora). Female is yellow like many species. 

4.  How does it fly?
4 main types of flight patterns
 

1. darting  eg. Common scarlet (Crocothemis servilia)

2. fluttering e.g yellow-barred flutterer

3. Gliding    Wandering glider (Pantala flavescens).

4. Skimming    banded skimmer (Pseudothemis jorina).   e.g. Blue dasher  skims along pond surfaces in the day

 

 

About 50 species dragonflies reside in the 75 ha Windsor naturePark alone. 1/3 of 136 species of dragonflies and damselfies recorded in Sg as at this year. 

 

340-page book   A Photographic field guide to the dragonflies and damselfies of Singapore   $69.30

 

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PHOTO 3. PHOTOGRAPHY tips. Common Parasol (female). Use tripod and TV.

Common Parasol, Pierce Reservoir forest fringe, Old Upper Thomson Road, near Casuarina Drive, Singapore

PHOTOGRAPHY tips. Common Parasol (female). Use tripod and TV.

Common Parasol, Pierce Reservoir forest fringe, Old Upper Thomson Road, near Casuarina Drive, Singapore

27 Aug 2023, 9 am

Canon R5, ISO 320, f/4.5, 1/500 sec, 105mm, TV

Bright morning sunlight, little breeze, dragonfly posed for several seconds basking.
I was able to position tripod about 6 feet away without frightening the dragonfly away.
As the colour of the adult male is bright maroon red, this appears to be a female as her colours are dull.

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