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06-JUL-2003 Pablo Yañez

Pet Dragonfly (read below)

Williamsburg, VA

My Pet Dragonfly

Ok, I agree, it's not my best photo -- but this is really about the story.

A while back my daughter and I were in our yard and this little dragon landed on my hand (I was holding it up for some reason). He stayed there for quite a while and would take off, do a little recon flight around the garden and come right back to my hand. I was able to "hand" him off and switch him to my daughters hand, and he proceeded to use her as his center of the universe. He must have done this over a dozen time by the time we had to go in when the sunset. To this day my daughter gets a twinkle in her eye when she talks about "the dragonfly my dad and I trained". He was around the next couple of days and again adopted us as his "center". After that we never saw him again.

Here's to friendly dragonfly!!

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 Macro USM
1/125s f/8.0 at 105.0mm iso800 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time06-Jul-2003 17:25:53
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length105 mm
Exposure Time1/125 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent800
Exposure Bias-0.30
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programshutter priority (2)
Focus Distance

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Sam Rua16-Aug-2008 17:39
Great story and a wonderful experience for both you and your daughter. Nice capture as well - you don't often see the hand as a perch.
arminb04-Jun-2008 19:57
WOW, lovely story and even more impressive shot! :o)
Guest 22-Aug-2006 05:04
"It's not a great shot" ... I don't know what you're talking about - I think that this is a stunning capture!
Donna Hollinger01-Apr-2006 15:17
Great story and magnificent picture!
Guest 04-Mar-2006 18:13
I think it's a nice shot, great detail and a different background for one of those.
Herb 04-Mar-2006 14:16
Nice shot
Sheila04-Mar-2006 12:09
It IS a great shot and a very interesting story. Iam so envious! :-))
Graham Tomlin04-Mar-2006 11:18
fab regards helen
Guest 04-Mar-2006 05:13
What a neat and unusual story.