Golden-winged Skimmer Dragonfly – 4 Image Panorama

Posted on July 24, 2021

I was going through Backup Drives and came across this series of images of a Golden-Winged Skimmer Dragonfly (Male). This is a handheld 4 shot panorama taken with a 400mm Canon DO lens on a Canon 1D mk IV @ f/8 (for a smoother looking background). The panorama was aligned & assembled in Photoshop.

Category: Blog, Closeup Photography, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Equipment Tagged: Canon 1D MkIV, Canon 1D mkIV Camera, Canon 400mm f/4 DO lens, Dragonfly Panoramas, Golden-winged Skimmer, golden-winged Skimmer Dragonfly, Male Golden-winged Male Dragonfly

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Golden-winged Skimmer Dragonflies

Posted on July 31, 2020

These Golden-winged Skimmer Images are from a previous trip to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland. It is a great Refuge to photograph in, lots of photo subjects. Especially in the warmer weather – Bald Eagles, Ospreys and of course Dragonflies! There are many types of Dragonflies here and some we do not usually see in New Jersey. So it is fun to photograph some different types of dragonflies instead of the usual dragons. There are a lot of areas for dragonflies throughout the Refuge, but my favorite spots at Blackwater are the first Observation Platform along the Wildlife Drive and the Wildlife Drive area with standing water on both sides of the Drive. The Visitors Center has gardens behind the building which also is a good spot for dragonflies. At the Observation Platform there are lots of parking spaces there and dragonflies are prevalent all along here on the sides of the Drive. The platform has a long ramp to the main platform so there are lots of Dragonflies around the base and by the vegetation as you walk up.

Golden-winged Skimmer, female

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Golden-winged Skimmer, male

Golden-winged Skimmer, female

Golden-winged Skimmer, male

Category: Blackwater NWR, Cambridge MD, Blog, Dragonflies, Insects Tagged: blackwater National Wildlife refuge, Blackwater NWR Wildlife Drive, canon 1.4x teleconverter series III, canon 300mm f/4 lens IS, Canon 7D, Dragonflies, Golden-winged Skimmer, golden-winged Skimmer Dragonfly

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Golden-Winged Skimmer

Posted on August 18, 2018

While I was at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge I photographed a lot of dragonflies. Some I have not noticed before. It is fun to find some that are different from my usual local varieties. I really liked these Golden-winged Skimmers. Besides their main color which really stands out, the wings look really cool also. Some images are focus stacked images, combined in Photoshop.