A Dragonfly in NB, Canada

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Perched on an aloe vera plant .

For some reason I'm reminded of this:

Manuel: "Ah, Mr.Fawlty, your horse, it win!"

Basil: "Shh! Manuel, you know nothing!"

Manuel: "Que?"

Basil: "You know nothing."

Manuel: "I know nothing?"

Basil: "Right!" (begins to walk away)

Manuel: "You always say that, but I learn. I learn."

Basil: "No, you don't understand."

Manuel: "Si, I do!"

Basil: "No, you know nothing about the horse."

Manuel: "I know nothing about the horse."

Basil: "Exactly!"

Manuel: "Which horse I know nothing about?"

Basil: "My horse, nitwit!"

Manuel: "Your horse nitwit."

Basil: "No, Dragonfly!"

Manuel: "Ah, si si."

Basil: "Right? Forget everything you know about the horse."

Manuel: "Which horse, Dragonfly or nitwit?"

Basil: "Dragonfly! You're the nitwit!"

Manuel: "What is witnit?"

Basil: "Oh, I could be having this conversation for the rest of my life... Look, try to understand before one of us dies, ok?"

Enjoying the garden pond…….

Hiding in a tree

Resting for a moment on the Delaware Highlands Conservancy NY Office grounds in Bethel, NY.

Been waiting to capture one of these for a while, well managed to get quite a few at once haha!!!! upload a couple over next few days as can not decide which one I like the most "sorry"!!!!

Dragonfly

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Mallard Fox WMA June 2023

Ruddy darter

(quite close / Pokemon portrait)

Anax imperator

At Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Reserve, Wilford Claypit.

A member of the Hawker Dragonflies.

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My first Dragonfly

@ Minami-uonuma

Found at Bastrop State Park in central Texas, ESE of Austin. Bastrop County, Texas, USA.

Eastern Amberwing - Perithemis tenera?

Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.

There were Southern Hawkers (Aeshna cyanea) around so I guess this exoskeleton is from one of them.

Kamera Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Belichtung 0,006 sec (1/160)

Blende f/18.0

Brennweite 180 mm

ISO-Empfindlichkeit 12800

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Dragonfly

Blue Dasher Dragonfly

Montgomery County, Maryland

It's been a long season and some of these guys are definitely looking more ragged and tattered!

Dragonfly at rest. DSC_0989-HDR-1-CR

"...Deep in dragonfly summer,

We're in paradise right here at home."

~ Michael Franks, Dragonfly Summer

It is interesting to see the intricate details of a Dragonfly. You can't see this with the human eye unless you get really close, and even then it is not as detailed as the image of the dragonfly that I posted. I think you get a better appreciation of nature when you can see detail like this, that you don't see when they are flying around, or when they are landed on the ground, leaf, or another object.

Vivitar 135mm f/2.8 Auto Telephoto 2863xxxx 6-blade

f/probably wide open

focal distance 1.5m

After mounting the extension tube to get closer the dragon has vanished...

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Dragonfly

Take a moment to zoom into his eyes and see the details.

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