LesterWareham Moderator  More info | Sep 16, 2014 12:13 | #1 Very distant shots of a Hobby hunting dragonflies. Hobbys are like scaled up swallows in-flight. The IQ is a rubbish but I hope you find the behaviour of interest.  #2 missed again, a back-flip didn't help  #3 success, feed on the wing  Gear List
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LVMoose Moose gets blamed for everything.  More info | Sep 16, 2014 12:15 | #2 |
bigjohninva Goldmember  2,206 posts Likes: 16 Joined Apr 2012 More info | Sep 16, 2014 14:11 | #4 Great set. Bigjohninva
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LevinadeRuijter I'm a bloody goody two-shoes!  23,033 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15660 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | Sep 16, 2014 16:29 | #7 Wow, some catch, Lester. And I mean for you. But obviously for him too as he had to work hard for it. I had no idea they ate dragonflies. Fascinating stuff. Wild Birds of Europe
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akhan Cream of the Crop 5,215 posts Likes: 3 Joined Apr 2009 Location: Hong Kong More info | Sep 16, 2014 18:25 | #8 Great shots 1Dx, 7d II, Canon 200 F2 IS, Canon 600 F/4 IS, Canon 400 F/2.8 IS II, Canon 85 1.2 II, Canon 50 f/1.8II, Canon 1.4 TC III + Canon 2x III TC + Kenko 1.4 TC + Kenko Tubes, PS5, LR4
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Sep 17, 2014 03:15 | #9 Well done Lester, it must of been really difficult. Canon R6 II, RF 800mm.
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CaptBob Cream of the Crop  More info | Sep 17, 2014 17:25 | #10 cool bird- great insight into behavior canon R3, 1DXmk2, 600 F4 L IS mk2,100-400 L IS mk2, 16-35 F4 L IS, 24-105 F4L, canon 1.4xmk3, 2xmk3
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cannylad Goldmember  1,403 posts Likes: 31 Joined Jul 2006 Location: Northumberland England. More info | Sep 18, 2014 03:08 | #11 I see the odd one up here Lester, well done on catching one in flight, they dont lounge about. Brian R
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Peter2516 Cream of the Crop  More info | Sep 18, 2014 15:07 | #12 Cool shots. Peter
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jhayesvw Cream of the Crop More info | Sep 18, 2014 21:29 | #13 Seems like a lot of work for a little bug, but if you're hungry.....
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Sep 22, 2014 12:07 | #14 LV Moose wrote in post #17158559  Indeed. I've never seen this before. Well done. Joe52 wrote in post #17158722 Very nice Lester, shows off the flying skills very well. bigjohninva wrote in post #17158879 Great set. MJB-UK wrote in post #17159153 Lovely stuff Lester. richnmib wrote in post #17159182 That it really cool! Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #17159215 Wow, some catch, Lester. And I mean for you. But obviously for him too as he had to work hard for it. I had no idea they ate dragonflies. Fascinating stuff. akhan wrote in post #17159473 Great shots Red Dexs wrote in post #17160348 Well done Lester, it must of been really difficult. CaptBob wrote in post #17161782 cool bird- great insight into behavior cannylad wrote in post #17162512 I see the odd one up here Lester, well done on catching one in flight, they dont lounge about. Peter2516 wrote in post #17163635 Cool shots. jhayesvw wrote in post #17164325 Seems like a lot of work for a little bug, but if you're hungry..... Nice action sequence. Its great to document this stuff. Thanks all for the kind comments, as always very much appreciated. Gear List
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mlc Senior Member  408 posts Likes: 7 Joined Mar 2006 Location: Hampshire, UK More info | Sep 22, 2014 15:03 | #15 That's a really cool sequence Lester. Can't help feeling he used more energy catching the dragon than he gained by eating it! Mike
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