Hi everybody! Was out on another lunchtime photo adventure...bravin the oppressive heat here in New Jersey (UGH!) Hell I do anything to get away from work for an hour! Anyways, It was well worth it, as I FINALLY captured one of these elusive and beautiful insects!!! Just wanted to share! Take it E-Z L8r!

Here's another shot! L8r!

Beautiful! These never co-operate for me, (or those ones with bright blue tails).

Great photos!!! I can never catch one of these. What camera did you use? (digital/film) Such great focus. I really like the 1st one. --Randy R

I love how you caught the sunlight on their wings... the colors are gorgeous. didja have to use superglue to get them to stay still long enough? or do you just have one of those wonderful zoom lenses? :)

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWOW!!!!!!!!! Beayuuutifullll! :-) jumps around I looove dragonflies! And I love your shots, L8r! You had impeccable timing. (*

Well caught! These are great shots & the light on those wings is just so beautiful ; )

elusive.chaos

"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star...." (Nietzsche)

G r e a t shot from wings. If I can ask one bigger favor, can I have big reso versions of these? I could use in my future images. .n

Really nice work

Hey all thanx for the comments! Basically, I saw the "bugger" flyin and skimmin over the lake. Noticed it landed on this branch near the edge of the water. Most insects are VERY SKITTISH...the saying "they have eyes in the back of their head" is true, cause they can see all around with those BIG compound eyes of theirs. I got within 5 feet and the thing bolted right away before I could even take a shot. I figured "oh well" and started to walk away...when it suddenly came back to the same spot!!! COOL, I slowly inched my way back, got a good vantage point and there ya have it! Maybe the heat was a factor!! It hung out for a good minute or so like it was catchin some rays, before it flew off again! @Randy - I used my Olympus C700UZ (digital). While it lacks in megapixels (2.1) I feel the 10x optical zoom kinda balances it out and comes in real handy at times!!! L8r!

Ehem, repeating myself. L8r, could it be possible to get original big reso images? I would really like to use those wings in my future works. Nice please. .n

these are magnificent.

L8ters, great fly pictures, what a great way to spend an hour. :O)

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali

way kool! nice detail in both pics, especialy #1.... Hmmmm, wonder what the poster edge filter would find in these?...'scuse me, I gotta go play.....

L8r, I hope you don't mind but I just had to have a go at your excellent dragonfly shot! I left the background exactly like you shot it(which was way cool btw, I love blurry backgrounds) and just pushed the color, contrast and poster edged the insect just to see what I could find... Jack

Hey all!!! Had enuff yet??? Here's one more from today!!!! I was lucky this one decide to land right in front of me! @JACK....Hey that effect looks pretty cool! L8r!

L8r, you are so lucky to have these beautiful creatures nearby. I haven't seen one in quite a while... :-/ (*

These are great images of a magnificent insect. Well caught! :-)>