There's nothing more impressive in the insect world than a Dragonfly! :smokin

These creatures can flit about at very high speeds, and stop on a dime in mid-air to hover in front of your face.

I was lucky enough to capture the image of these two guys/girls (?), when they were checking out the big black critter with the one eye! ;)

Ready for take off! 8o

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I munch leaves! :D

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What big eyes you have... :eek:

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I hope I didn't scare anybody. 0]


Moosehead

Cool pictures Moose! I'm going to have to try that. I may have to take my pictures on the grill of the car though so I can get close enough.

Seussbrother ;)

ALCES alces Cranium

Great pictures

I need to update my pic skills

Rob

Hi Moose, love the pics. Most interesting is your "eye" for nature's detail, and you facsination of it's creatures. Your affinity and awareness of these subjects, make you the photographer. Cool stuff.
It would be interesting to hear your photography choices in these pictures. I will take a guess that you used a 35mm emulsion camera, with a 150- 300mm zoom, ASA 100-200, with a shutter speed of around 250, on a clear day , on tripod maybe. No polarizer, possibly a magenta filter. would love to hear the details.

Marc :)

Hi guys!

I'm glad you enjoyed these long winged bug-eyes, with the spindly legs. Thanks very much for your kind words!

Marc, I'm afraid I abandoned film photography almost four years ago. I used an original Nikon F (made in 1968), which I bought used. The salesman told me that "it is the only camera ever made that you can use to drive nails". It really is a solid (and heavy) SLR. In addition to the 50mm lens, I used a 80-200mm zoom, and a 35mm macro lenses. Believe me these helped me take some really great shots, but lugging around all this equipment was not pleasant.

I jumped into the world of digital photography in the fall of 2001, when I purchased a Nikon Cool-Pix 995 and have never looked back. This camera combines all of the capabilities that I had with the "old fashioned' camera and lenses, but weighs a fraction and takes up much less space.

As you see in these Dragonfly photos, the macro feature on the Cool-Pix is outstanding, so your compliments should go to my camera, not me.

David

Hi Moose,
the coolpix macro feature is impressive. More impressive is your stealthy approach to the subjects! you must have been nose to nose with the dragons!

The tool you use is one thing. The eye you have is another. Kudos goes to you, not so much the camera.

;)