I love to shoot dragonflies! The majority of my images are of stationary dragonflies. I thought it would really be a challenge to capture an image of a flying dragonfly. An opportunity presented itself while shooting shore birds at Bald Knob NWR because I noticed one particular species hovering for 10-20 second intervals about 30 feet away. I used my Canon 600mm f4 lens with 1.4x TC attached and focused manually. I was able to get some rather good shots with this combination......including a mating pair. Something I learned from these images is that flying dragonflies pull their 2nd and 3rd pairs of legs up horizontally toward the thorax but the 1st pair is positioned vertically between the head and thorax. I have since observed this 1st leg pair tucked position while the dragonfly is perched. The common name for this species is Wandering Glider. "The Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) occurs across most of the United States and can be very common at times. Gliders have especially large rear wings and seem to stay in flight much of the time." -- From Greg Lasley's excellent dragonfly web page: http://www.greglasley.net/wanglider.html