Dragonfly smile by danapommet
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Dragonflies have been my nemesis. I was being very unsuccessful, chasing this one around the yard, when a gust of wind caught him, off guard, and he landed on my camera. I was able to transfer him to my free hand and now I have to shot, single handed. Only one click and he was gone. When I moved this photo to my PC � it looked like he was laughing at me. Taken today. Sorry about the finger in the photo.
ZOOM is good.
Thanks for stopping by, taking a look and for all your previous comments.
Dana
Comments (33)
alessimarco
It really does look like a smile! Fabulous capture!!!
Faemike55
Wonderful and fortunate accident! Yeah I can see the smile!!!!
zil2008
Hey Dana. Great shot. Made me cry when I saw it as those where my little Mikey's most favourite bugs to chase and apparently they taste pretty good to a cat as well. I brought my babies ashes home today from the vets so the dragonfly is very nice to see. Hugs Liz
MrsLubner
They have such monkey faces that I can't help but smile when I see them. Outstanding job and to think it was freehand!
Iceshark39
Really fantastic shot! And he's smiling because he was having fun playing tag with you! :-)
whaleman
Great shot Dana! Some say that if you put water on your nail they will land for a drink if water is not nearby, and butterflies too. I've tried, but with no success, ha ha!
Katraz
Nice shot but for a minute I though you were Leeco.
Juliette.Gribnau
lucky shot; wonderful
adrie
This is a wonderful and indeed a locky shot, but a awesome one love it.
GBCalls
You did well- my camera is seldom set up with a macro lens that I can focus for a shot like this one handed.
jmb007
jilie petite bete!!bonne photo!!
jendellas
Amazing shot Dana, I think that is a smile!!!!
Meisiekind
You lucky fish!!! Dragonflies are my nemesis too Dana and I haven't ever been able to capture even one!!! Congrats on a very cute shot! It does look like he is smiling at you! :))
DAVER2112
Excellent capture Dana! I've yet to get one to sit on my hand.
morningglory
Really nice on ZOOM. They do seem to smile.
flavia49
gorgeous image! fantastic smile and macro!
MrsRatbag
That is a big grin, isn't it? Fantastic capture of your nemesis!
flora-crassella
very cool picture!!!!!
sandra46
terrific capture! i suppoose you got it by chance, and then glued the insect to the finger to shoot at it!
goodoleboy
Superlative shot of the winged nemesis captured under adverse conditions, Dana! If I tried that with one hand holding the camera, the foto would come out blurred.
watapki66
That is so cool! Wonderful shot!
beachzz
LOL, I think he IS!!!
ledwolorz
Fantastic macro.
Richardphotos
excellent spur of the moment shot
MagikUnicorn
BEAUTIFUL MACRO SHOT
Chipka
Dragonflies aren't my photographic nemesis so much as they just don't know how to stand still. It's a dragonfly thing, I hear...and did you know they can't walk on a horizontal surface? They can only climb. But anyway, enough trivia. I love this shot and the almost primate-like face this beauty has...and what nicely hairy legs too! This is marvelous. Such great details! Your fingers in the shot add to it rather than detract, and that's always a good thing: I mean, dragonflies have to pose somewhere, so why not on the photographer?
A1970Willow
What a Great shot. Thanks for sharing all the about all the hard work you went through to get the shot. I think he might be grinning because he put you through so much to get it =) Nice!
Trigue
Awesome image :) I have an extreme fondness for dragonflies. On a group of rocks near a river by my house I used to watch dragonflies all the time, if you saw and lensed this place they would be your nemisis no longer :)
kbrog
Great capture!
emmecielle
The finger helps us understand the size of the dragonfly... it's very small! :) Fabulous capture! :)