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Scarlet.
© trisbert
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Uploaded: 12/05/04 2:59 PM GMT
Scarlet.
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I’m no expert about these dragonflies. He seems to be surveying his airspace and makes regular sorties to drive off any intruders. After each sortie he returns to his post. Quite fascinating to watch.
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::JOHANNA
12/05/04 3:36 PM GMT
Great capture and shot.Lovely and clear photography.Well done,Robert.
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Joost at Graphics Galore
A very nice clear and colorful image. Looks like he's posing for you. Well done.
Russ
Russ
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"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."
- Emile Zola (1840-1902)
Like an airplane coming in reverse for a landing! I've never seen a shot with the wings in this positon. GREAT detail and composition. I, too, am facinated by these creatures.
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Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward. -- Victor Kiam
You're lucky you weren't flagged as an intruder and driven off. I don't seem to get these where I live (knock wood)
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---Razors pain you; Rivers are damp;
---Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp.
---Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give;
---Gas smells awful; You might as well live.
----Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)----
I have seen many a dragonfly (harmles beauties) but I've never seen one with this intense, gorgeous red. The clarity is superb Robert and I have to ditto Alexis in that the wing position capture is unique to my eyes.
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I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Wow they come in red!? He seems to be in attack mode, this one's a keeper.
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Don't use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice.
excellent shot of this little bugger, nice clear and beautiful color.....I have never seen a red one before....Nice capture...
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling, like dew, upon a thought produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions think and smile.
Art is everywhere, except it has to pass through a creative mind.
All the above - amazing shot , red ? WOW! Love the wing detail.
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I think, therefore I thwim. Funkeeee Space Disco - Grooveeee!!
Thank you everybody. The red ones are quite common around here.
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There are three colours, Ten digits and seven notes, its what we do with them that’s important.
Ruth Ross
Lovely contrast with the background. Beautiful view of some of the wings' veins. Good to see the wings can also have another position than the one classically shown in books. Wonder if there is something like a wider focus for that kind of shot.
These dragonflies are common around your parts? Ooooh, want one ... or two ... ah heck, a whole hatch, yes! :)
These dragonflies are common around your parts? Ooooh, want one ... or two ... ah heck, a whole hatch, yes! :)
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"A beginning is a very delicate time." - Hurk?!
Thanks Silvia. Perhaps a holiday in NSW?
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There are three colours, Ten digits and seven notes, its what we do with them that’s important.
Ruth Ross
Hey, excelent shot, Robert. I go after these guys occasionally, and I know how hard it can be to get a clear shot, even when they keep coming back to the same perch. (My wife who was a field biologist says dragonflies can be territorial, especially when laying eggs.) Anyhow, I marvel at the clarity and detail you captured, and of course at the color of this beastie. What lens / camera did you use?
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These hummers are as old as the dinosaurs (and survived a tad longer). They capture prey and eat it in the air. Lay eggs under leaves and such in water. In Utah, one type hovers near the ground, another about 6 ft and a third type controls air space at about 12 feet. Had to download this shot. It's a beauty. Keep up the good work.
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Excellent capture of a most difficult subject. Well done.
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There once was a two toed she toad tree toad that towed a three toed he toad tree toad toward the two toed she toad's tree.
Amazing! Love it!
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The Inspiration comes from within!! am just a fanatic of good captured moment of the day:)
This is just a one way to leave something beyond ourself!! We are just a mesengers of our nature hand!!! http://endlesshorizont.tripod.com/sin/
Thanks everyone, especially for the behaviour and biological information :-)
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There are three colours, Ten digits and seven notes, its what we do with them that’s important.
Ruth Ross
very nice, I didnt know that there were dragonflys of that color, very nice capture, thanks
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I hold it true that thoughts are things; They're endowed with bodies, breath and wings:
And that we send them forth to fill the world with good results, or ill.
That which we call our secret thought speeds forth to earth's remotest spot, leaving it's blessings or it's woes like tracks behind it as it goes.
We build our future, thought by thought for good or for ill, yet know it not.
Yet so the universe was wrought .
Thought is another name for fate.
Choose then thy destiny and wait, for Love brings Love and Hate brings Hate. - Henry Van Dyke.
I have an image very similar..LOL I'd swear he is on the same stick ;-)
georgeous capture Robert
I too enjoyed the information other people have supplied on dragonflys. Thanks for the entertaining and informative read to accompany a lovely image.
...Di...
georgeous capture Robert
I too enjoyed the information other people have supplied on dragonflys. Thanks for the entertaining and informative read to accompany a lovely image.
...Di...
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(Hexagonal Mandala)
Thank you Di and Zyzyx.
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There are three colours, Ten digits and seven notes, its what we do with them that’s important.
Ruth Ross
I love the colors and how they contrast each other. This picture, makes me want to like bugs, dragonflies anyway. LPF
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Good shot Robert! Here, we have a dragonflies too, but they're not red like this, they are more darker red or they're rather blue. Yours are so beautiful!
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Aren't these little insects amazing? No two of them seem to be the same color. Great caoture of a small and difficult subject. Glad you got a red one.
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Thank you Pat.
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There are three colours, Ten digits and seven notes, its what we do with them that’s important.
Ruth Ross
Dragonflies are my fave subject and you captured this one perfectly Robert. I'm only really familiar with European species so can't help with an ID; but if it helps there is a field guide to Australian odonata due to be published shortly. That should help you put a name to this little beauty. In the meantime he's sat on my desktop:)
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Thank you Steve.
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There are three colours, Ten digits and seven notes, its what we do with them that’s important.
Ruth Ross
mommy dearest, that is one of the most beautiful insects I ever seen... wow. That red color is amazing. I was just going through your gallery and absolutely HAD to comment on this. amazing.
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Thank you Jenny :-)
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There are three colours, Ten digits and seven notes, its what we do with them that’s important.
Ruth Ross