Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Hold still!

Hold still is what I wanted this dragonfly (I think it is, but it may be something else....) to do. It flitted all around, hardly touching down for a second. But I got him...and he's looking at the camera, too.

(And yes, that's sunlight you see, finally! I hope it sticks around.)

17 comments:

Luis Gomez said...

This is so pretty!

Bergson said...

superbe photo, cette libellule semble te regarder

Louis la Vache said...

hee hee....
Did you get this shot just before it jumped at you?
;-D

Gaelyn said...

That deep aqua color simply glows in the sunshine. Great capture!

Kitty said...

what a wonderful shade of teal? I hope he knows he's such a cool color.

nicely caught!

Olivier said...

un duel entre toi et elle et c'est ton appareil photo qui a ete le plus rapide ;) superbe cette photo

B SQUARED said...

How did you get him to smile?

Thérèse said...

Enfin l'été! Quelle belle introduction!

Liliana Holtzman said...

Beautiful! A perfect summer moment.

Daryl said...

I love those critters ... and getting one to pose is super!

Eleonora Baldwin said...

Amazing color! Dragonflies are so graceful. I also like their Italian name: LIBELLULA.

Ciao
Eleonora

Alexa said...

He was probably wondering, "What is this creature with one big eye?" Great shot, Bibi!

dianasfaria.com said...

Wow! this is wild Bibi! thanks for alerting me. These guys are usually so fast, it really is amazing that you captured him.

Suburban Girl said...

Wow, what a beautiful color he is.

Lowell said...

Lovely, Bibi. I went to a movie once and saw a dragon fly. :-)

Marie-Noyale said...

Are you a teacher to inspire such discipline!!!

Serline said...

He's got his wings "closed"... does that mean he is friendly, wary or hostile?

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