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Mousetoescamper

(6,607 posts)
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 03:24 PM Aug 31

Blue dashers

Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis). I took these last Tuesday at Long's Park, Lancaster, PA.








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Blue dashers (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Aug 31 OP
Wow, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 31 #1
Thanks, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Aug 31 #2
Very cool angle of composition on #3, Mousetoescamper. Wings' transparencies are excellent, George McGovern Aug 31 #3
Thanks, George McGovern! Mousetoescamper Aug 31 #4
I cannot choose a favorite. The detail and clarity is outstanding in every one! Diamond_Dog Sep 1 #5
Thanks, Diamond_Dog! Mousetoescamper Sep 1 #7
#2 & #4 Win for Composition! HAB911 Sep 1 #6
Thanks, HAB911! Mousetoescamper Sep 1 #8

CaliforniaPeggy

(155,017 posts)
1. Wow, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 04:01 PM
Aug 31

I cannot get over the clarity, the attention to detail and the great bokeh!

These are just superb.

George McGovern

(9,186 posts)
3. Very cool angle of composition on #3, Mousetoescamper. Wings' transparencies are excellent,
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 05:08 PM
Aug 31

but I like your fourth best, and again from fine form. Outstanding bokeh throughout.

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