{"id":9112,"date":"2016-07-25T06:44:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T10:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=9112"},"modified":"2016-07-25T06:44:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T10:44:36","slug":"halloween-pennant-mating-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=9112","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Pennant Mating Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Halloween Pennant, Day Brook Pond, Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area, W. Kennebunk Maine<\/p><\/div>\n

Until last year at this time, I had never seen a Halloween Pennant…and then I found one on the Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area near my home in southern Maine. After that first sighting I saw several in different spots around home. This year I have been on the look-out for them on each trip to Day Brook Pond. When I got to the pond on Saturday there were several dozen Pennants paired up and flying in tandem over the pond, ovapositing by dabbing the water sharply. I assumed they were Calico Pennants as they have been abundant around the pond so far this season, but then I found first a single male and then this mating pair of Halloween Pennants along the shore. That brought my assumption into question, so I had to try for a flight shot of the ovaposing pairs over the water. Not easy, but I eventually managed a shot that shows clearly that the mated pairs over the pond are indeed Calicos.<\/p>\n

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Mated pair of Calico Pennants over Day Brook Pond.<\/p><\/div>\n

Both shots with the Sony RX10iii. Halloween Pennants at 1200mm (2x Clear Image zoom). Program shifted for greater depth of field. f8 @ 1\/125 @ ISO 100. Processed and cropped slightly in Lightroom. Flight shot of the Calico Pennants using my custom Sports Mode. 300mm @ 1\/1000th @ f4.5 @ ISO 100. Cropped heavily for scale.<\/p>\n

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