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Blue Emperor - Anax imperator


Blue Emperor - Anax imperator
Photo Information
Copyright: JeanMarie Mouveroux (Nephrotome2) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 599 W: 60 N: 660] (2538)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-14
Categories: Insects
Camera: Olympus C770 UZ, no lens, (digital), No Filter
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/50 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Dragonflies of Europe 2 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-08-31 23:59
Viewed: 4822
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Blue Emperor (male)


THE BLUE EMPEROR :

anax empereur (Fr)
Anax imperator (Lat)
Large and powerful, averaging 78 mm in length.
Males have a sky blue abdomen marked with a diagnostic black dorsal stripe and an apple green thorax.
Females have a green thorax and abdomen.
Local status : least concern.
Some sources quote the blue emperor as the largest insect in europe. Others quote Saga pedo (Matriarchal Katydid (EN), magicienne dentelee(FR)) or Lucanus cervus (Stag beetle (EN), cerf volant (FR)). It probably depends on the definition of largest (bulkiest, heaviest, longest, wingspan). The 3 of them occured in France.
The largest insect ever in the world was Meganeura monyi (fossil) with a wingspan of 2.5 ft (76 cm)


THE PIC :

The blue emperor is not the easiest dragonfly to shoot: it rests seldom and if it does it usually perchs very high.
I was lucky. This one was resting and perching only 1m from the ground. I start walking in slow motion from a 7m distance and could come as close as the minimal distance allowed by my camera: 3 cm, close-up of the head.
I liked the scene for the background: berries and leaves.
Posted the way it was: hanging and the tail pointing to the ground.


PIC VALUES :

ISO 64
1/50
F/3.5
14/8/2008 2:07PM
10mm


Thanks for looking.
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supermacro,,,excelente.

This is great Jean-Marie,
A very detailed macro with good colour in those compound eyes.
Very nice work.
Cheers
Steve
(I see you are an in-line skater.Me too!)

Hi JeanMarie, an amazing macro with great details.
TFS and Cheers,

Bayram

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