New start to the week, new start to the month, new #speciesofthemonth!
Join Jim Burns as he tells us how Columbia #Clubtail, #Gomphuruslynnae, reignited his motivation to photograph dragonflies.
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A portrait of a male Pacific Clubtail dragonfly, Phanogomphus kurilis on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA. Territorial males have a series of prominent perches along the narrow stream that allow them to see rivals or females that enter the territory. Focus stacks were shot with a Nikon D810 w/50mm Rodenstock Rodagon mounted on Nikon PB-4 Bellows. A very wary species, but very photogenic! This is the only known population in the Albany vicinity since the population at Freeway Lakes was eliminated by an invasive aquatic weed, Water Primrose, which choked the nymph habitat with mud.
A male #PacificClubtail #dragonfly #Phanogomphus-kurilis on Cox Creek, #Albany,Oregon,USA
#Odonata #Insects #Anisoptera #Gomphidae #Clubtail #Invertebrate #Entomology #FocusStacking #NikonD810 #ZereneStacker #BugPics #DragonflyPhotography #Science #SteveValleyPhotography #photography #SciArt #Art
