Green Marsh Hawk

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Gwalior.

Exif-

1/500
f/7.1
ISO 400
spot metering
FL-500mm
Handheld cropped

[Roopak Gangadharan]

good image.Nice smooth Bg .Subject stands out.

TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. I agree with Roopak. The background has come out well and the subject is isolated. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Agree with the above comments. Nice shot. This is a Common Clubtail (Ictinigomphus rapax).

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Agree with the above comments. Nice shot. This is a Common Clubtail (Ictinigomphus rapax).

Thanks for the ID Abhishek. Can you please outline the differences between a Green Marsh Hawk & Common clubtail Dragon fly? Both look similar to me :).

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

The colour patterns are roughly similar (yellowish green with broad black stripes), but the easiest way to distinguish them is by the shape- the Green Marsh Hawk has a smoothly tapering and broadening abdomen, while the Clubtail's abdomen broadens abruptly near the end. Also, the GMH's thorax has much less black than the clubtail's. Lastly, you can use the eye colour to distinguish them.
For a better idea, compare this with a GMH I had posted a long time back: http://indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2250

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely image. Nice clean background. Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.

Abhishek, thanks for the information.