There wern't many butterflies at the gardens for some reason but there were plenty of dragonflies.

This little guy was drinking in the morning sunlight when I first arrived.

Groningen, The Netherlands

Taken at the Community Garden in Singapore Chinese Garden.

I was visiting the botanical garden of Kyoto when I spotted a few dragonfly. Thankfully, they stayed still and quiet long enough for me to take a nice photo.

Remembering Summer June - 5

Essex Wildlife Trust, Fingeringhoe Wick.

Photo walk 25th June 2017.

This is a Saddlebag Dragonfly although I'm not sure of the variety... could be a Carolina or a Red Saddlebag. It was reddish brown in color and very friendly, spending at least twenty minutes hanging out in our backyard. This is only the second Saddlebag I've seen and the last one was several years ago.

EXPLORE #222 on March 8,2012

A picture sometimes conerys a feeling.,, and this for us was one of those., it has that 'summer' feeling that we will long for once the long months of winter arrive and everything is looking so grey and dead.

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Ruby Meadowhawks dragonfly

dragonfly, libellule, cette libellule mesure un peux plus de 8 cm

this dragonfly can measure a greater than 8 cm, Par christian-picard.fr

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Tahoe National Forest, Sierra Nevada mountains, California

Summertime - dragonfly time

Libelle - Dragonfly

Garden, The Netherlands

maybe it's just me but it looks like it's on a mircophone

Blue Dasher - Pachydiplax longipennis

MALE

One more dragonfly before fall takes them away!

Common Dragonfly

youtu.be/wpgKIH8YClM

Dragonflies are one of the only creatures on this planet that undergo a complete transmutation from a water nymph to a winged dragonfly. The spirit of dragonfly is special, and they are messengers to those who are listening.

youtu.be/vqfnqJDAKgA

Dragonfly’s eyes have about 30,000 lenses and have a full 360-degree field of vision, but they don’t see details very well. A human eye only has one lens and sees better than a dragonfly, but only to the front and side.

today in our garden.

Typically dragonflies are very flitty creatures but this one was quite friendly and let me take a nice macro shot of him.

Red Dragonfly close-up

Taken at RSPB Rye Meads September 2018

Fort Pierce, Florida

libellule, dragonfly

Two different dragonflies hanging out together....they approached this perch together and flew away together.

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Mature males are dark blue with black heads.

They are larger than the Blue dashers.

With a big smile on his face!

Explore #172 on July 28th, 2008

...and much better when viewed large. I promise, you won't be disappointed you did :-)

Good morning. In spite of the Holiday here in the United States I thought I would stay with the dragonfly theme for Thursday starting with the above Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) and continuing in the comment section. The above dragonfly is the same one included in last week's set, but photographed at a different angle...head shot here versus a tail shot last week. I also decided to add damselflies to the series since they are closely related and in the same Order as dragonflies.

Thank you for visiting today...I hope you have a most wonderful day and a Happy Thanksgiving. And with it being a Holiday here my response to comments and visits will be somewhat limited. So please bear with me on that for today. Thank you.

Lacey

ISO200, aperture f/5.8, exposure .004 seconds (1/250) focal length 300mm

Thanks for all awards and comments

For me is amazing to photograph tiny insects like the dragonflies. Incredible acrobats and they don seem to mind being photograph at all. The down part of photographing these guys is that you have to get into the skirts of lakes or rivers to get close to them, and by doing that get dirty, but their photos are amazing!

You can learn more about them:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly

Let's take care of our environment...

youtu.be/_QZjJU-mtFU

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Photography is my passion, and nature photography is my favorite.

I have been in Explore for more that a hundred times, and it is an awesome experience to have your photos showcased in such a special way.

I'm in many groups, and I only add my photos to them if they are not private.

I thank your for coming today, for leaving a comment, and make a favorite of yours this photo, (if that is the case) thanks again!

The best part of this forum is the contacts and friends that I have made over the years, that have the same passion for this art that is called photography!

Martha,

Libel (viervlek)