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26-OCT-2007 Neo

Dragonfly Lunch

Outer Banks, NC USA

I was surprised that this dragonfly kept motionless with the camera only two inches from him. Suddenly he flew right at me, grabbed a fly out of mid air that was buzzing just above my head, and then flew right back to where he started and devoured the fly. I felt like a National Geographic Photog :-)


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Guest 05-Nov-2007 02:46
LOL!
ctfchallenge04-Nov-2007 14:45
Not sure I like this one. 8-)
Very cool shot.
theFly
ctfchallenge02-Nov-2007 20:01
what an unbelivable opportunity - I'm truely jealous :o)
Armin
Guest 31-Oct-2007 16:35
Yuck. I try to never eat bugs. LOL. That upper shot is perfect, IMO. ~Lydia
ctfchallenge29-Oct-2007 22:27
Another nice "mini-documentary", and great catches! The extra PP worked miracles :)
-k2
ctfchallenge29-Oct-2007 21:52
Simple but interesting story. I wish some of these bugs lived where I am. I never see them. Just people insects in the city. -tv
ctfchallenge29-Oct-2007 15:18
Looks terrific now Neo! :-) CJ
ctfchallenge29-Oct-2007 15:13
Thanks CJ. I fixed the levels and that removed the color cast and boosted the contrast. Thanks for the suggestion.
ctfchallenge29-Oct-2007 14:15
Wow - those are some great closeups of the dragonfly Neo! Increasing the contrast a little and maybe darkening the highlights might make him stand out more from the b/g, but great as is too! CJ
Guest 29-Oct-2007 03:38
I can never get these thing to hold still for just one picture! -COAmature