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    I love these little jewels that float round the garden and have encouraged them as much as I can. Wonderful to see that the next generation will be on its way. They were having a major mating/laying eggs fest in the front pond yesterday. Not a brilliant photo as I only had my iPhone to hand, but hopefully you can make out the neon blue males, mainly vertical, and the paler females, clasped by a male and busy laying eggs on the underwater plants.
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      Crikey - there are so many!!

      Great capture (I do love damselflies)
       
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        Your pond is so wildlife friendly so always interesting.
         
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          These guys were all around me when I was fishing on the River Nene in Rutland last year.
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            Beautiful pictures Armandii. :dbgrtmb:
             
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                I am amazed at the beauty of these photographs, and glad to see the damselfly celebrated on these pages. I first saw them at Fairburn Ings,a wildlife and wetland reserve on the outskirts of Castleford, near where I grew up in West Yorks, when I was sixteen. I am working with two local photographers on an exhibition of wildlife photography and poetry, and one of the images will be of a damselfly - the photographer won an award for it. My poem Damselfly appears in my first published collection, Little Creatures.
                 
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                    Glad you like them, Beckie.:snork: I was sitting on the banks of the River Nene doing a little fishing and those guys were flying around ignoring me. Having said that they were about 12' away from me which was just out of range for a good shot with the lens I had on, but "luckily" I had a fairly old 80-120 Pentax telephoto lens in a pocket so I used that and those pics, and others, were the result.:dunno::heehee:
                     
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                      Yes Armandll :lunapic 130165696578242 5:

                      @ARMANDII they really are lovely images my friend thanks for sharing them with us all:smile::blue thumb:
                       
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                        :dunno::whistle::heehee:

                        Alright, I admit it, Woo, when fishing or wandering around the countryside I do tend to have the pockets of my Bodywarmer filled with one or two camera lens, a pruning knife, a Leatherman knife, various bits of string/twine, small screwdriver, etc:doh::dunno::heehee:
                         
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                          Good evening Armandll my friend still it saves you carrying a power screw driver:lunapic 130165696578242 5:

                          When I go fishing or walking I have so much stuff to carry I usually have a team of porters:heehee:
                           
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                            We think alike. Woo!!:heehee:
                             
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                            Very good photos. Thanks for taking the trouble.
                             
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                              Really will have to get my cameras back into action!
                              Lovely photos thanks Armandii!
                               
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