Finally a Dragon in Flight

gluwater

I haven't posted any Macro in a while because I've been busy doing wildlife with my new lens so I thought I would drop on by and post some from my last excursion on 09-01 to Blackwell Forest Preserve.

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I tried and I tried and I tried, and finally I got one, well two actually but the first is a crop so I like the second better.





I don't know if this is normal or not but this guy was a cannibal. Look closely and you'll see a damsel fly in its mouth.


I like the green guys but they, along with the blues, seem to be more nervous than the red ones so they are a little harder to get close to.


A couple more red guys that I am proud of.




And finally, this guy was hanging on for dear life it was soo windy. Check out how torn up his wings are.


Enjoy, and all comments and critiques are welcome.

Nick

bfjr

good going Nick
now big birds in flight will be a cake walk, Not :lol4

Nice set

Lord Vetinari

Great Captures- DIFs and a dragon eating .
Haven't managed a shot of a dragon eating something yet. Thought I might have got one a couple of weeks ago when a speckled wood butterfly took umbrage at a hawker dragonfly that came into the garden and actually started mobbing the dragon. The dragon turned round took the butterfly in mid air and flew down the garden with it. I couldn't find it anywhere but about 30 seconds later a couple of buttefly wings spiralled down from one of my trees.

Brian V.

gluwater

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Great Captures- DIFs and a dragon eating .
Haven't managed a shot of a dragon eating something yet. Thought I might have got one a couple of weeks ago when a speckled wood butterfly took umbrage at a hawker dragonfly that came into the garden and actually started mobbing the dragon. The dragon turned round took the butterfly in mid air and flew down the garden with it. I couldn't find it anywhere but about 30 seconds later a couple of buttefly wings spiralled down from one of my trees.

Brian V.

Thanks Brian, that is a cool story. I didn't even see the wings coming out of it's mouth until just before it flew off. That picture was the last one I got before he flew away and it is the only one you can really see the wings in its mouth.

Thanks for the comment

Nick

gluwater

bfjr wrote:

good going Nick
now big birds in flight will be a cake walk, Not :lol4

Nice set

Sure no problem, Tomarrow I'll go out and get a Kingfisher in Flight with my 100mm Macro and fill the frame with the bird. No prob:giggle :bs :booze

Thanks Ben

Nick