{"id":13357,"date":"2020-06-08T06:39:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T10:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13357"},"modified":"2020-06-08T06:39:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T10:39:33","slug":"four-spotted-skimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13357","title":{"rendered":"Four-spotted Skimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=13357\"}' class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09592.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"13356\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=13356\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09592.jpg?fit=2000%2C1678&amp;ssl=1\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-RX10M4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1591443467&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;192.73&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc09598\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09598.jpg?fit=300%2C282&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09598.jpg?fit=904%2C849&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09598.jpg?resize=904%2C849&#038;ssl=1\" data-id=\"13354\" class=\"wp-image-13354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09598.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09598.jpg?resize=300%2C282&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09598.jpg?resize=1024%2C962&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09598.jpg?resize=768%2C721&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09598.jpg?resize=1536%2C1442&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09598.jpg?resize=904%2C849&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dsc09598.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Four-spotted Skimmer, SMHC Ponds, Kennebunk, Maine. \u2014 Our Four-spotted Skimmers are among the early summer dragonflies in Southern Maine&#8230;and there were many of them at the drainage ponds at Southern Maine Health Care campus in Kennebunk. Like all dragonflies, I find the intricate patterns fascinating. And of course all skimmers are wonderful for photography because they sit still just long enough to focus, and often land close enough. \ud83d\ude42 Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Polarr and Apple Photos. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-13357\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13357&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-13357\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13357&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13357&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four-spotted Skimmer, SMHC Ponds, Kennebunk, Maine. \u2014 Our Four-spotted Skimmers are among the early summer dragonflies in Southern Maine&#8230;and there were many of them at the drainage ponds at Southern Maine Health Care campus in Kennebunk. 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