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Southern Hawker extreme closeup

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  1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    Wow, wow, WOW!! Posted 12 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Glad you like it :) Posted 12 years ago
      1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
        Claire Hamilton
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        its fantastic. Did you use a macro lens? Posted 12 years ago
        1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
          Ferdy Christant
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          Yes, the Nikkor F2.8 105mm, on a Nikon D800 body, handheld, no flash, no crop. Posted 12 years ago
          1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
            Claire Hamilton
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            Remarkable, I am suitably impressed! Posted 12 years ago
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    Graeme Ruck
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    absolutely amazing insect, love the colours. As Claire stated Wow. Posted 12 years ago

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The Southern Hawker

The Southern Hawker or Blue Darner is a 70 millimetres long species of hawker dragonfly. It is large, with a long body. It has green markings on the black bodies, and the male also has blue spots on the abdomen.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Aug 26, 2013. Captured Aug 26, 2013 13:02.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/4.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO100
  • 105mm