Go on tell us a joke

Lord Vetinari

Male darter dragonfly sitting on the back of my left hand.

Brian V.

Go on tell us a joke



Ah good one

Tom

Now how did you do THAT?

I can't even get my kids to sit still and smile for a photo.

bon4ire

Did you use some incredible hulk formula to size these bugs large enough to get these sharp shots?

These images are simply amazing!

DJT

Not just cool shots, more like Amazing Shots.

It does look like you told a funny to him the first shot.
Second shot he looks confused? Joke must of been over his head.

Cuong

Brian, excellent images as always. So what joke did you tell him?

Cuong

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments all
These darter Dragonflies always seem to be smiling but when it threw it's head back in the second shot it looked to me like it was really laughing.

Cuong- sorry to disappoint you I was too busy concentrating on the focus to tell a joke at the same time

Brian V.

Awais Yaqub

These are very cool !

GOLDENORFE

good brian, do you think they get "tamer" as they get older?
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Male darter dragonfly sitting on the back of my left hand.

Brian V.

Go on tell us a joke

Ah good one

Awwwwwwww he likes you you'd swear he was smiling at you.
You'd think the flash firing off the first time, would have been enough to startle him into taking off.

Lovely Shots Brian, love the face .... Skippy
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LaurelAnne

Brian, your pictures never cease to amaze me.
A smiling dragon, who woulda thunk it?

Laurel

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Male darter dragonfly sitting on the back of my left hand.

Brian V.

Go on tell us a joke



Ah good one

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments all- these darter dragonflies always seem to be smiling

Phil, They do seem amazingly variable in their approachability, suspect it's partly to do with age and perhaps temperature. But I've found that what I think is the same dragonfly can be variable on a day to day basis. But gradually as the season progresses they do all seem to be easier to approach. Always wondered if they were just getting used to me or I was causing an artificial selection for tame bugs in my garden.

Brian V.