Dragonfly in Flight
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This Common Green Darner kept buzzing around me, then it would hover about six feet from me. Then take off and come right back and hover.
Too tempting! Yes, I spent several minutes trying to photograph it. Out of oh-so many, I scored five photos of this large 3-5″ dragonfly.
I’m sharing all five, showing the different displays of its wings caught in the shots. Pretty cool!
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Hovering Green Darner (male) #01
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Hovering Green Darner (male) #02
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Hovering Green Darner (male) #03
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Hovering Green Darner (male) #04
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Hovering Green Darner (male) #05
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Wow! Such clean shots. 🙂
Thank you very much!
That’s amazing Donna! Absolutely fabulous captures! Well done.
Thank you very much, Mike! I was determined!! 😉
Bravo! I have always found it so difficult to photograph dragonflies in flight.
Thank you very much, Hien! I’ve not well before myself, this fella just hovered so ‘still-like’ in one spot, it was pretty cool!
Donna… great captures of a very challenging subject in flight!!
Thank you very much, Steve! As long as the challenge is there and I have the time, I will try and not give up. 🙂
You did it !!! 👏
Thank you very much, Hans, I did!! 😊
Very skilled photography, Donna!
Thank you very much, Indira!!
Excellent Donna and pin sharp! Such a difficult thing photographing dragons in flight, 5 hits is a good score.
Thank you very much, Brian! It really did seem like that dragonfly was watching me and he hovered so ‘still-like’! He teased me enough to get me out of my chair, lol. 😉
Oh what a lovely series, Donna, and great up-close looks at the green darner. Dragonflies are nearly impossible to photograph, ever-moving and so fast, so this was a real treat. When I saw it in The Reader I whispered, “Oh wow.”
Thank you very much, Jet! I’ve never had the success with dragonflies in flight like this. It really felt like this fella was curiously checking me out and hovered so perfectly. It was a pretty unique moment and then he was gone!
WOW … these are great Donna. I know that this was difficult. Your skills just get better and better showing practice makes perfect!
Thank you very much, Denise! Most definitely, hand-holding practice makes for perfect moments. I am always practicing. 🙂
Fabulous! They are so fast! You are amazing with your cameras!
Thank you very much, Carol! This fella did a perfect ‘still’ hover, just the wings moving, cool moments!
Fabulous series, Donna – winged jewels for sure! You inspired me to go find a slow-mo video… pretty cool: https://youtu.be/a8RQV_Dah-8
Thank you very much, Eliza, including sharing the slow-mo video, that was fabulous!! I knew that each wing moved independently to hover but seeing it in slow-mo was pretty amazing. Sometimes they hover while eating a meal, but my fella wasn’t nibbling on anything, I checked for that. Cool moment for me!
Amazing captures of a dragonfly in flight. Not an easy thing to do. 😊👏
Thank you very much, Irene! I never had a dragonfly hover in front of me like that, he was pretty good at ‘being still’ while fluttering those wings. 🙂
What a perfect capture of a most difficult insect to catch Donna, well done !
Thank you very much, Ashley! It was a perfect hover to allow me the shots! Amazing and cool moment!
Great task accomplished, Donna. 🙂 👍
Thank you very much, HJ! I never stop practicing! 😊
Well done Donna! Photos of Dragonflies in flight are challenging! Very Nice!
Thank you very much, Reed! Pretty amazing to have this fella hover so perfect for me!
Good shutter speed!
So glad I had a good, full battery!
Marvelous captures, Donna. What a spectacular creature. 😍
Thank you very much, Sylvia! 😊
Nothing like a handsome dragonfly flirting with you.
Wow! I love how you got a different perspective of the wings in each shot. He’s sporting very handsome team colors. 🙂
Those wings were a-going, huh?!! He’s got his own little helicopter system to hover so perfect. 😊
In flight dragonfly shot… that’s a tough one to grab! Great job. William
Thank you very much, William! That one hovered so perfectly!
One of the largest, great captures! I have grown to appreciate them for the past few years, once I started to see their beautiful markings and colours, even trying to I.D. the ones I see. How could I not like them, they eat mosquitos!
Thank you, Jane! I even saw a purple one at the same location as this darner but missed the shots, it was gorgeous, I’d never seen anything like it. And YES they eat mosquitoes, love them for that too!!
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Fabulous in-flight captures, Donna! That’s a lot of work and patience, so worth it!
Thank you very much, Ellen! I’m easily entertained lol. 😉 I do think he’s giving me a grin in the shots! hehe
Beautiful series, Donna! I always find them challenging, they never stay still 😏
Thank you, Belinda! That’s usually the case with me. I think this one was hovering and studying my big black lens eye….. 😉
These are AWESOME photos! 💚 I just love dragonflies! They are so fascinating!
Thank you, Lisa! I think this dragonfly was flirting with me. 😉
Awwwww, I bet he was!! 😉
Very cool indeed! 😎
Thanks Gunta! 🙂