Thursday, July 31, 2008
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Chasing dragonflies
I took a stroll around the lake near the engineering building and saw a couple of dragonflies hovering above the grass... luckily I have a camera on hand so here you go... more pictures of bugs... this time, dragonflies.
So it started out with noticing a dragonfly perched on a blade of grass... (see below)
So I went in closer for a better shot...
Closer...
This was as close as I could get before it flew away. Next thing I knew there were a couple of these beautiful creatures hovering around me. I guess they got accustomed to my presence already.
A shot of another dragonfly, I think I used the camera's flash and -2 ev for this one.
Screwed around some more with the camera's settings for this shot. I like how the colors came out.
There were countless failed attempts at snapping these insects in flight, the most you would ever be able to see is a brown blur in the middle of the photo, so I'm not including those. If only I have in my arsenal a camera fast enough to capture these flying arthropods in flight...
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well that's not so bad. almost didn't see the dragonfly camouflaged in the first pic.
@maebemaebenot - yeah, it was hard to notice them at all in the first place. luckily i was looking for small bugs in the grass, so I had my 'bug-eyes' on
Beautiful pictures once again! I really like dragonflies; they're so interesting to look at.
Beautiful!!
I'm typically afraid of these buggers... but they're actually harmless. Thank you for proving to me that they're not out to eat me, like I did before.