Forum: Photography


Subject: Red DragonFly

randyrives opened this issue on May 14, 2003 ยท 12 posts


randyrives posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 6:48 AM

Caught this brightly colored guy, hanging around our Koi Pond the other day. The wind was really blowing and I had to stand on an Ice Chest to get high enough to get a top angle. So I wasn't able to get a great shot.

Michelle A. posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 7:09 AM

He's so beautiful and RED! I love dragonflies....guess they're an obsession for me....

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spiderwebb posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 7:09 AM

cool shot (ice chest, get it) I know I have issues ;o Beautiful really. That Koi pond would give lots of photo opportunities~ sweet!


Misha883 posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 7:41 AM

I've never seen a red one. Beautiful composition.


PhrankPower posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 8:56 AM

Never saw a red one either. Most unusual.


bsteph2069 posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 1:31 PM

Neat. We only seem to have the orange and green varaity locally. Bsteph


Akinom posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 1:39 PM

Really great shot! Awesome colored DragonFly... never seen such a fella. Thanks for sharing!


firestorm posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 3:18 PM

when i was a kid we used to get loads of dragon flies, this is the first time i've seen a red one.

Pictures appear to me, I shoot them.   Elliot Erwitt


randyrives posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 8:25 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone. This was the 1st time I have seen a red one. I wonder if they are rare? Maybe I have a rare photo worth lots of money. LOL Later, got to come up with a May challenge photo.


doca posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 8:27 PM

Nice shot and here is a haiku response. windy spring day koi pond under attack from red dragonflies


starshuffler posted Fri, 16 May 2003 at 5:36 PM

That's a pretty one, Randy! :-) I've seen lots of these when I was a kid, but I agree, it's not as common as the green and blue ones. (I even remember catching a red one with dark red wings! I let it go soon after catching it.) I just love these creatures... (*


randyrives posted Fri, 16 May 2003 at 7:56 PM

doca - I can see it on the big screen now Red - Dragon(fly) lol starshuffler - Thanks! They are neat creatures.