The Dragonflies are one of my favorites. I have been trying to capture some with the lens. Finally today I pulled it off at the Calendar Gardens Lily Pond. They were very active and managed to get some shots of them being still.

Hand held with the Canon IS USM lens and shot in manual mode.

This one landed on this lotus plant and offered a different view of himself.

I did a lot cropping and after comparing the original to this one I don't feel I lost alot of quality but did loose some distracting background.

Thank you in advance for your comments.

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