This is the first dragonfly that has stopped long enough for me to get a photo this season. Insect season, which means macro season, is coming into full swing.
Dragonfly 2020
This is the first dragonfly that has stopped long enough for me to get a photo this season. Insect season, which means macro season, is coming into full swing.
Off Center & Not Even 
What. great photo Timothy!
Thanks, Gabriela.
My pleasure and thank you for sharing 🙂
You are welcome. Thanks for dropping by, Gabriela.
Those shots are stunning. You can look at them and more and more details pop out.
Thanks, Maj & Sher. Dargonflies look like helicopters with horizontal wings. Their structures are amazing.
Can you briefly explain what “macro photography” means? If I’ve heard the term before, I wasn’t paying attention.
Hi Lyn. Macro photography is technally 1:1 magnification that gives you a real-life sized image in the frame, true macro lenses go to a 1:1 focus, but “macro” is most commonly used to define anything closeup and detailed. People who think of themselves as purists can get bent out of shape calling any closeup image a macro image, but I’m not a purist. I like to think of “macro” as very close up photography, but not as close as microphotography. Microlenses go up to 5x, so microphotography is extremely close photography 2x to 5x. After that, you are generally into microscopy. Does that help?
Very much, cleared my confusion right up.
Great.
Always love to see those squadrons return.
Thanks, Laurie. Some years we get scads of green dragonfleis that swarm in the air but don’t seem to land.
We have a lot of them at our home in the woods. Plenty of mosquitoes and other insects for them to eat.
Thanks, Laurie.
They are stunning. Great photos
Thanks, Lonely. If you’ve wondered why I’ve never even called you by your name, Lonely darling, it’s all David Allen Coe’s fault.
LOL. Why his fault.
As for the names…Lonely, Drew, Andrew, Chimp, LA, and TLAB. I am used to all of them.
LOL
You’ve never been called the Antichrist? I have you beat on that one. Do you know David Allen Coe’s song “You Never Even Called Me by My Name”? Take a listen” https://youtu.be/vAOVRkSCWmg. It has a great story and final verse.
Forgot all about that song. Really drew a blank on.it. too much palm trees.
It’s an old song. He recorded it around 1975.
Astounding, jealousy-making quality, Sir!
TTFNski!
Thanks, Inchcock.
I remember the sing, but when you first mentioned it I drew a blank. I was a little kid back then
I was a teenager. I think I’m getting old.
Lol
That it is!
Thanks, Teri.
I like the ladybugs much better. The dragonfly head is ugly creepy. 🙂
Hi David. I love the way dragonflies look. Their heads and eyes look like they are wearing pilot’s helmets.
Awesome captures!
Thanks, Cindy.
Wow, these are wonderful macros Timothy! 😎
Thanks, John.
Great macros.
Thanks, rabirius.
Wow! Great shots, Tim. I love the sharpness and colours in the photographs. But like David said, they actually look a bit creepy and ready to play in a scifi movie…
Thanks, Herman. I can see how people could be creeped out by them.
Lovely, these colours and lacy veined wings!
Was it due to the late sunlight, or is this orange splendour an all-time feature?
Hi Puzzlebume. These dragonflies are rusty orange colored. We also get blue, yellow and black, green and blue and silvery colored dragonflies.
I love de colours !
Thanks, Falderal.
WOW!!!! You’ve just set a new bar for me, Tim. These are incredible!!
Thanks, Amy Rose. They are pretty easy once they settle in and let you get close to them.
Beautifully detailed dragonfly photos, Tim!
Thanks, Lavinia.
Incredible shots!
Thanks, Nancy.
Wow!!! This puts dragonflies in a whole new perspective for me, they are suddenly not as cute as before! But still really awesome photos!
I think they are cute no matter how you look at them. But I can see your suddent shock at seeing one more up close and personal that usual. Thanks, Tiffany.
Great macros !
Thanks, Harry.
OMG!
That’s one crazy looking creature.
I’m not afraid…I’m not afraid.
When I was a kid, and went to a camp in the Canadian Shield, there would be times of no fun, eat us alive, mass mosquitoes. Then a plane would come, and drop slews of Dragonflies. Then there would be no mosquitoes, and lots of Dragonflies. The DF’s never bit us, or anything.
Dragonflies are very people friendly. That’s a great way to deal with mosquitoes. Dragonflies lay eggs in water. Sometimes a dragonfly or pair of them will confuse our glass top table on the deck with water and try to lay eggs on it. Sad times when that happens.
Oh dear!
…. andI thought the worst thing that could happen with glass is that I could some broken pieces in a foot!
Amazing, amazing shots!!
Im pleased he stopped! Wonderful images Tim …amazing detail and colour 🙂
Thanks, Julie.