Two new dragonflies

At least, they were new to me, I knew of their existence but I hadn't seen them before. I found both of them yesterday in the Haaksbergerveen and the connected Armenveen, two peat bogs near Haaksbergen and Buurse, The Netherlands:

The downy emerald (Cordulia aenea):


Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f8, 1/125s

The same one from the side:


Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO125, f8, 1/160s

The ruby whiteface (Leucorrhinia rubicunda)


Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/125s

A portrait shot of the same one:


Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/125s

The second one was sitting on a small stick I was holding, so it was easy to get shots from different angles 8-).

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