No where near as good as one of Marks Dragons & Damsel Flies photos but I was pleased that this little lady stayed still long enough for me to snap. She was right in the middle of the centre flower bed and the contortions I got into trying to get close would have made you laugh. I ended up doing a very unladylike type of Arabesque!
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Wonderful shot Ruth! I am so pleased you are able to get really up close and personal with things in your garden!! Just be careful you don't do yourself any damage! {{{HUGS}}} xx
ReplyDeletenice photo ruth of close of dragonfly we have them here also but i would get that close to one.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great photograph. I haven't seen any dragonflies around yet so you are lucky, although I did see some blue tit eggs in my bird box this morning. Nature up close is just so fabulous.
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You've done much better than I Ruth. I tried to catch a dragonfly on film but it flew away. Have to try again some other time. Lovely pic!
ReplyDeleteI'm so impressed with this shot -- I'm glad you went to the effort to contort yourself!
ReplyDeleteRuth,
ReplyDeleteI love this shot of the Damselfly. We get these big rust colored Dragonflies here and these beautiful neon blue Damselflies.
I'm quite impressed you captured one on film.
Great photo. I haven't seen any dragonflies in our garden yet ... but then, maybe I haven't been looking close enough.
ReplyDeleteOhh nice shot! I always loved those little creatures.
ReplyDeleteNice shot!
ReplyDeleteI just came in from the garden and I had my camera with me while I was out there. I was practicing some very un-lady like positions to get perfect shots too! LOL
If you have a good zoom lens and a macro setting on your camera you can get away without doing too many odd moves. :)
Good photo Ruth. It was worth all your contortionist's efforts to get it!
ReplyDeleteHi Ruth,
ReplyDeleteYou see it's not that hard, i have got a certain image of you though getting the picture.
If you are not sure what it is , it's a large red damselfly, they are one of the first to appear .
keep up the hunting!!! and thanks for the link.
Cheers Mark
Lovely photo!
ReplyDeleteWe had our own "green thumb Sunday" yesterday - weeding our garden and moving a number of bushes (roses and hydrangeas) to new spots in the garden in preparation for having a deck added to our house, which would have run through part of our garden. Hubby got to use his new gas-powered cultivator to prepare the soil. He had a great time with it!