Posted by MaryB (Staffordshire, United Kingdom) on 17 August 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
I have been waiting a very long time to capture one of these dragonflies, and when I finally get the chance, does it land on a beautiful flower?.......No!..... it chooses a support wire of one of my hanging baskets. So I have to get a chair from my house and climb up and attempt to capture it while trying not to fall off! :D I think i've nearly caught up with everyone! just a few more to go! Best view this one large!
Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome :)
I really appreciate all your comments, thank you so much. I'm only sorry I've not got time to respond. I do read all the comments and will try to answer any questions you have about my posts :)
Great Macro work!
17 Aug 2007 1:35am
my lovely!!!I love the glittering wings!:)
17 Aug 2007 2:04am
Wow.. Really great Mary!
17 Aug 2007 2:47am
Brilliant! the glint of sunlight on her wings...You've excelled Mary, on this one!
17 Aug 2007 2:54am
Perfect.
17 Aug 2007 3:10am
I think the wire shows of its wings much more than a flower would anyway :)
17 Aug 2007 3:13am
This is a superb shot Mary and I had the same problem too with trying to capture a dragonfly shot. It decided to land on my washing line and I have multi coloured pegs and it took the beauty away from the dragonfly and made it look really drab :-(
17 Aug 2007 3:16am
I agree with Mike Raffan, this way all attention goes to the subtle dragonfly wings, I like the sunlight reflections and the brick wall makes a perfect background!
17 Aug 2007 3:31am
offff my GAD
17 Aug 2007 3:39am
Beautiful capture and great detail.
17 Aug 2007 3:55am
Wow! Well worth all your effort - love the delicacy you've caught here. On warm days we get hordes of them just swooping around in great numbers over the apartments grassy area - and I have never yet seen one land anywhere near my patio or little garden. I guess they are just sticking together in a bunch. :-)
17 Aug 2007 4:29am
We have to suffer for our art by teetering on chairs!! Well done MaryB!!
17 Aug 2007 4:35am
beautiful color composition!Like the shining reflection on it`s lace wing!
17 Aug 2007 4:47am
Such details, almost looks like jewellry...wow, I really like the glitter on the wing. Great Macro!
17 Aug 2007 5:00am
Bravo! And good for you, climbing up to get this one. I often think of dragonflies as jewels on the wing. The light shining off its wing here is like one of the many facets; the color of the jeweled eyes and body are great. Excellent MaryB.
17 Aug 2007 6:25am
Fantastic capture...thank you for risking a fall and glad you didn't fall!
17 Aug 2007 7:00am
Wow! Dragonflies are one of my favorite insects. This is a lovely pic! I've tried to get pix of this insect, but I've never succeeded to this level of perfection.
17 Aug 2007 7:55am
Superb shot! I agree, the wire is a good thing after all. You were luky it waited for you to get the chair, but next time maybe you should keep a ladder handy, after all we don't want to read in the paper that our photographer friend had an accident....
17 Aug 2007 8:04am
What an enterprising dragonfly and an even more enterprising photographer to have captured this! :) Another absolutely amazing macro, Mary! I just love the stunning detail on that body and those wings! wow, I am SO enjoying this series..Thank you so much for sharing this with us, Mary. :)
17 Aug 2007 8:11am
Beautiful shot Mary! Dragonflies are such lovely creatures aren't they?
17 Aug 2007 9:14am
he blends in with the background.. great details here.
17 Aug 2007 9:52am
Mary-look at the details on the wings!! Simply fantastic!!
17 Aug 2007 9:55am
Those are so beautiful, lovely shot!
17 Aug 2007 10:39am
I have yet to get a successful dragonfly shot. This is so well done.
17 Aug 2007 11:47am
Nice macro! Very beautiful!
17 Aug 2007 11:48am
A beautiful capture from a dragonfly. I know how difficult it is to shot one. Well done.
17 Aug 2007 12:26pm
Tienes unas fotos verdaderamente fantásticas. Enhorabuena¡¡.
17 Aug 2007 3:31pm
your wait was well worth it!
17 Aug 2007 5:13pm
Fantastic! Keep on looking for THE ideal background.
17 Aug 2007 5:45pm
Cool, so much detail and the nice glint!
17 Aug 2007 6:07pm
Is this REAL ???? I will comment under the assumption that it is ....lol..... WOWZA !!! the detail here is incredible Miss Mary ..... wow wow wow !!! his body almost looks like Bamboo ..... you know for once I am actually speechless .... AMAZING, JUST AMAZING ...... This shot really is blowing my mind right now ....unbelievable
17 Aug 2007 9:06pm
OUTSTANDING !!!!!!!!!!
17 Aug 2007 10:10pm
Lovely, Mary! As always.
17 Aug 2007 11:54pm
it looks gigantic, great shot.
19 Aug 2007 5:05am
Cool Mary! Superb crisp detail :)
19 Aug 2007 10:43am
This picture should be in an insect book! Great shot! :)
21 Aug 2007 7:02pm
wow. you know, i have been trying to take more photos of insects recently-- and have discovered that the most difficult thing to decide upon is a proper angle and background setting. you have both excellently decided-upon here, Mary; awesome shot!beautiful colors!
26 Aug 2007 6:58pm
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