Saturday, July 30, 2011

Cool Dragonfly

Let me start off by saying that the small size of these pictures on the blog don't do them justice. To see the true beauty of this dragonfly, click on the pictures to view them larger. Click them with your mouse wheel to open them in new tabs.

This dragonfly was waiting for me on the deer trail after I left the scene from my last post with the deer. I felt at that moment that it must be my lucky day. And it was. This dragonfly zoomed about the area until it finally landed on this twig to give me a golden opportunity for pictures.

The only problem was that the Sun and the clouds weren't always cooperating, but they soon gave me just the right amount of light to get the pictures I wanted of this beautiful creature. And I really mean it, clickety clickety!

As I was going through the dozens of pictures I took of this creature I began to get the strangest feeling that I recognized it. This was not just because it was a dragonfly. I knew I had seen dragonflies before. But this particular type looked very familiar.

Then it struck me! I knew where I had seen it! Sharkbytes recently featured this same type of dragonfly over on her blog. Go over and take a look. Comments are a good thing too. She says the name of her type of dragonfly is the Widow Skimmer, so I'm assuming that's what this one is too.

As I said before, the clouds were interfering with my photography attempts, but I still kept taking my pictures. This all shows that if you take enough pictures, a few of them just might turn out okay.

The light actually helped me because I was able to get pictures with different lighting that came out very differently from each other. I got everything from blur to shadow, but I'll just share some that were closer to the middle
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The great thing about all of these pictures is that I originally went on this deer trail where I found this dragonfly to keep some distance between me and a group of people who arrived at the park at the same time as I did. They didn't know the secret of the deer trails, but I'll share it with you.

Deer trails, and places like them, are where the magic of nature really exists. As long as you respect them, they will share some of their magic with you.


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18 comments:

  1. Awesome pictures of the amazing dragonfly. I just left sharks blog and how funny that you both linked to the other in your posts today. A case of great minds think alike :)

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  2. I agree with you, awesome details when you see the pictures in larger size.

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  3. It's a beautiful dragonfly, Ratty! I saw one in my yard the other day, but didn't have a chance to take picture!

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  4. Hello! I have several dragonfly photos...blue, red in other colors...I will show them very soon...This one is very unique...

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  5. They remind me of little helicopters. Or should that be the other way around?

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  6. Hey...it does look like the one Sharky posted on her blog. Cool captures! I love Dragonflies.

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  7. Yes- it's the female Widow Skimmer- must be a good year for them! How awesome that you have one too.

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  8. Dragonflies... when i was a kid i used to catch and play with them.Nowadays I amnot even sure if they are still there to be enjoyed andplayed with.

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  9. wow!...it's really amazing

    I like dragon flies before back when i was so young but now not same as before but then i still like dargon flies :)

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  10. I shoot lots hoping always to get an even better pose. There are a few perching species that are fun to catch.

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  11. The pictures that ended up on your blog turned out great!

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  12. You have never transformed into a deer in the deer trail.

    You watch a dragonfly.

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  13. Those are amazing photos! Although I confess, I see dragonflies as more of a food source than as a thing of beauty. My human is just the opposite. And BTW, your secret about the deer trails, and other less-human-traveled nature places? My human learned about that when she was a kid. On campouts, she would wander off by herself instead of stay with the other kids and she found some wonderful things. The other kids thought she was weird, but she knew better. To this day she refers to herself as semi-feral.

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  14. Excellent photos of a very pretty little creature!

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  15. We see lots of dragon flies when fishing...I am never quick enough to get a photo though.

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