dragonfly

Another dragonfly happy to pose. IIRC this one was a ruddy darter

No macro gear with me, but this dragonfly was happy to let me capture his portrait repeatedly.

Last summer after teasing me in flight for a while some of the dragonflies in my fathers garden settled down for a rest. One remained long enough for me to start getting tired of trying handheld focus stacking shots & let me go and get my other camera & grab some shots in infra red. So here it...

It's been many, many years since I've last taken a picture of a Dragonfly. A friend of mine (who is a photographer) said once you find one and it if it flies away, just wait. They always come back to the same spot. That's exactly what I did in this case and sure enough, it came back to same...

My second post today and to the Forum. I captured this guy this past summer and intentionally created the bokeh aspect. Always open to C&C as this is how I/we learn going forward. Best regards, Mark

That fro g was huge. Really, really huge.