Everything has it's beauty, but not everyone sees it. - Confucius
Sometimes the picture doesn't have to be perfect; it's the captured moment that counts. - me

Monday, 19 September 2011

Monday Macro

Had a fantastic day out with Trevor, of Three Counties Herald last Thursday. This is one of the dragonflies we saw, amongst loads of other birds, animals and insects.



Ruddy Darter


Enjoy the rest of your day.

24 comments:

Lisa RedWillow said...

Fantastic , Love the color and detail.
Have a wonderful day/ night.

holdingmoments said...

Thanks Lisa.
The day is just beginning here. Enjoy yours :-)

ADRIAN said...

You nailed that one. Caught him drying his wings by the look of things.

Midmarsh John said...

Seems quite unusual to see one on the ground.

holdingmoments said...

Thanks Adrian. He was enjoying the sun. He didn't move, even though I got fairly close with the camera.

Thanks John. Almost trod on him.
The female was more sensible; sat in the bushes.

Bob Bushell said...

Nice Dragonfly you caught, hope you had a nice time with Trevor.

holdingmoments said...

Thanks Bob.
Yea, we had a great time; even the sun came out to play.

The Herald said...

Nice one Keith.

Worth all that effort of getting down for!...lol...[;o)

cristina munteanu said...

great red dragonfly!

Gemel said...

I always think of Dragonflies being Unicorns for faeries! Okay I am just a daydreaming kid at heart, but I find them so completely enchanting.

Noushka said...

Well, I have to say I'm very impressed with your pictures, the way you present them and your life-style that resembles mine! LOL!
I arrived here thanks to Bob Bushell and his beautiful photography, and enjoy your "space" tremendously!
I have to say I am bit puzzled by your Darter!
It looks more like a "Southern" one to me, but I live in Europe (for now) and I am not sure you have these in the States.
Our Ruddies have dark red eyes and thorax...
Anyhow, I can't wait to see more of your Dragons and any of your pics!
Lovely banner!

holdingmoments said...

Thank Trevor. Quite a way down there to his level lol

Cristina, thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. :-)

Lovely thought Gemel :-)

Noushka, thanks for stopping by from Bobs place. Glad you enjoyed your visit.
I'm in UK, and the Southern would be a bit of a rarity here; although not impossible.
I think the black legs nailed this one for me though.

grammie g said...

Hi Keith...very nice...I just love there wings patterns and the colors!!
Great shot!!
Hugs
Grace

TexWisGirl said...

he is beautiful! :)

Elizabeth Grimes said...

Beautiful capture.

holdingmoments said...

Thank you Grace :-)

Theresa, thank you :-)

Thanks Elizabeth :-)

Rohrerbot said...

Wow! Nice shot. Great capture.

Andrew said...

A suberb capture Keith.. I knelt down to capture a toad image a few weeks ago.. twas a struggle getting up gracefully lol.

Hilary said...

Beautiful. I saw lots of these guys up at the cottage last week but I don't think I captured a shot anywhere near as nice as this one. I'm still trying to figure out that macro lens.

dAwN said...

Super shot!

Adam Tilt said...

Great depth of field. Can't beat a nicely posed Dragonfly.

chris said...

Superb capture Keith. I'm happy you got a nice tour and hope you will still get many of them ;-)

Sondra said...

Great Shot Keith...Im trying to catch up got too much on my plate right now...makes time a precious comodity...LOVE The shot of Jim in the older post...awesome!!

holdingmoments said...

Rohrerbot, thank you.

Thanks Andrew. Yea, I know what you mean lol

Thank you Hilary. I'm sure you'll get there ;-)

Thanks dAwN :-)

Thank you Adam.

Thanks chris :-)

Thank you Sondra. I know the feeling ;-)