It does not happen often anymore that I am adding photos of a new species to the gallery. Not because I already have photographed all the Danish species of Odonata. Actually, out of the 69 species listed here on Odonata.dk there are still 29 which I have not yet been able to photograph. Some of […]
For a long time I have only had one not very good photo of the Sympetrum flaveolum. Even though it should be a relatively common species in Denmark, I have not spotted it at any of the locations I have visited during the last 2 to 3 years. Then about a week ago I discovered […]
About a week ago I took advantage of one of the few days this season with real summer weather and visited the location Jenskær. This is a very beautiful place, just south of the city of Silkeborg, with both a lake, a small spring and a stream, all surrounded by forested hills. The main attraction […]
A few days ago I was lucky to spot the Aeshna isoceles for the second time this year at my favorite location Rands Fjord. I found it resting in the sun, clinging on to a small branch, and it did not seem to be camera shy at all. So I was able to get real […]
June 2015 is almost over so it is a good time for a short status. One thing that has been almost entirely absent during the past month is true summer weather. Most of the time it has been cold, grey and rather windy. This has also affected the abundance of dragonflies, which has been much […]
The first, and up till now only time I have been able to photograph the Aeshna isoceles goes back a couple of seasons. It is not an easy dragonfly to get within shooting range of. First of all it is not so common in my area of Denmark. Secondly it flies around hunting for insects […]
The weather here in Denmark is still rather cold and very changeable, so the dragonfly season is a bit delayed compared to last year. Anyway, I have been out hunting dragonflies several times during the last couple of weeks, most of the times in the area around Rands Fjord, but also with one visit to […]
I have been warming up to this years dragonfly season by going through the photo galleries here on odonata.dk, adding new photos from last years season and editing and updating existing photos. Now May has finally arrived and yesterday I shot the first dragonfly photos of this season. I visited Rands Fjord where the first […]
Yesterday I was lucky to get some more photos of the Anax imperator, including a mating wheel, which have now been added to the gallery.
I have visited the location Resenbro several times this summer, every time with the goal to shoot some photos of one of my favourite odonates, the Ophiogomphus cecilia. The abundance of Ophiogomphus cecilia seems to vary a lot at this location. Some days there where many, and they where relatively easy to get within shooting […]
