Dragonfly, Damsel Fly and a Jumper

cgipson1 · Jun 21, 2013

Comments welcome!

Dragonfly on a granite bench

1" Damselfly on a grass stem (not really happy about the flash glare)

Crop of above to show detail

Small jumper of a type I had not seen before. Little guy was like 1/4" long... dinky!

squirrels · Jun 21, 2013

The inquisitive head tilt on the jumper gets to me!

cgipson1 · Jun 21, 2013

squirrels said:
The inquisitive head tilt on the jumper gets to me!

hahaha... I was chasing him all over that granite bench the dragonfly was on.. and then he jumped on to the flagstones below it. I am trying to convince him to hold still long enough for a decent shot... and he finally stopped and gave me that look... like "Dude.. why are you messing with me?" That was the only decent shot of a dozen or so.. the little guy could move!

Dracaena · Jun 22, 2013

That jumper looks curious :lol:

NateS · Jun 22, 2013

Very nice. Really like that second shot.

cgipson1 · Jun 22, 2013

Dracaena, Nate... thanks! I appreciate it!

PixelRabbit · Jun 22, 2013

Very nice set Charlie, the damsel looks like I could reach out and pick it off the grass.

cgipson1 · Jun 22, 2013

PixelRabbit said:
Very nice set Charlie, the damsel looks like I could reach out and pick it off the grass.

Thanks, PR! I need to get out more and shoot... another month or so, we will have more bugs available.

YvetteC · Jun 22, 2013

Wow!! You make me want to chase tiny creatures

These are so very cool...

HL45 · Jun 22, 2013

Nice shots! beautifully ugly creatures!

DarkShadow · Jun 22, 2013

As usual,Making creepy critters look not so creepy from outstanding photography.:thumbup:

sm4him · Jun 22, 2013

That dragonfly has some gorgeous colors in it--you need to go chase that thing down and get it from the front, Charlie!

Man, I miss my macro lens...I've loaned it to my sister. I only intended to let her have it for a week, but it's been over a month now and to make matters worse, I found out on vacation that she hadn't even USED it in all that time. I've given her another week to actually use the thing and then I'm taking it back!!

DarkShadow · Jun 22, 2013

sm4him said:
That dragonfly has some gorgeous colors in it--you need to go chase that thing down and get it from the front, Charlie!

Man, I miss my macro lens...I've loaned it to my sister. I only intended to let her have it for a week, but it's been over a month now and to make matters worse, I found out on vacation that she hadn't even USED it in all that time. I've given her another week to actually use the thing and then I'm taking it back!!

Yea get that thing back and do your magic.