Eurasian Bluet

[AlanLichty]

Coenagrion is a genus of damselflies in the Coenagrionidae family that is apparently quite common in my area. I think this one is Coenagrion pulchellum with a common name of Eurasian bluets. I have been trying to get a shot of one of these for quite some time now but every time I have seen them I didn't have my camera in hand. At least until a couple of days ago when I had my camera nearby while I was working in our garden. This little guy was flitting about in a catnip plant and I managed to catch him in action. This is an in flight capture at 1/3200s. Getting a clean shot was a challenge as autofocus on my camera had a very hard time tracking a shape like this amongst the leaves and branches.

C&C always welcome.

 

[JimFox]

Wow! Great job Alan! That looks like it would be hard to capture, and even harder to focus on. This looks great, and glad you finally got him.

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow! Great job Alan! That looks like it would be hard to capture, and even harder to focus on. This looks great, and glad you finally got him.

Thanks Jim - there was a pretty large pile of culled shots to get a couple of workable ones of this little guy.