Fellow photographer and blogger Walter Sanford and I both photographed this female Blue-faced Meadowhawk dragonfly on 17 October and decided to do companion postings again, showing our different approaches to photographing the same subject.
This is the second installment in a three-part series featuring some of my favorite photos of female dragonflies spotted while photowalkingHuntley Meadows Park during Fall 2014.
The following photos show a Blue-faced Meadowhawk dragonfly (Sympetrum ambiguum) spotted on 17 October 2014 near a vernal pool in a relatively remote location in the forest. This individual is a heteromorph female, as indicated by its coloration and terminal appendages.
Female Blue-faced Meadowhawk dragonflies are polymorphic: heteromorphs are duller in color than males; andromorphs are male-like in color.
Both female morphs feature the same distinctive blue eye coloration as males.
Mike Powell, fellow wildlife photographer and blogger, spotted this dragonfly while I was shooting photos of a male Great Spreadwing damselfly (Archilestes grandis) perching on thigh-high grasses a few yards away. I joined Mike after my subject flew away.
I don’t recall seeing Mike’s photos of this dragonfly. Perhaps it’s…
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Mike Powell 
I wanted to take this opportunity to say how much I have appreciated and enjoyed your posts over this past year…The information was consistently amazing and the photos so superb. I wanted to wish you a very merry Christmas and a new year full of very special days.
Merry Christmas to you too, Charlie. As the new year begins, I’ll be out with my camera. looking for fun and interesting images to capture and share.