Was able to capture a dragonfly called Common Hawker (Aeshna juncea) when I was out walking in the forest. These insects are big (74 mm) and very camera shy so I had to try several times to get close enough.
It was very entertaining to observe them hunt in the air hunting moths. They have amazing flying capabilities!
First a close up photo of its “face”.
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 4th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
And here is a picture of the whole dragonfly.
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 4th, 2007. Click image for larger view.
Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Ånstadbotn (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway
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16 responses so far ↓
1 ozlady // Jul 9, 2007 at 5:10 am
Very cool
2 borzack // Jul 9, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Gorgeous!!!
3 Jennifer // Jul 9, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Super photographs. It’s wings look like they are made out of stained glass in the the first picture - beautiful!
4 Terence Chang // Jul 10, 2007 at 3:00 am
that is pretty .. .
5 Lavender // Jul 10, 2007 at 8:26 am
FAB photos of a far-out creature - Bravo!
6 Susie // Jul 10, 2007 at 9:43 am
When I was a kid in Korea, I used to catch dragonfly with my bare hands. It was so cool and it’s a big thing in Korea.. they even sell these open wire boxes where you can keep them as pets.. (maybe it’s cruel but I was a kid) and ever since then I had special thing for dragonflys. They are beautiful.. just stumbled across it.. so you are getting stumbled!
7 eagerblogger // Jul 10, 2007 at 11:55 am
I love your pictures. Did you do any editing with them?
8 Baron Smith // Jul 10, 2007 at 2:20 pm
What a wonderful Photographs You Have. I Bet You are a Pro. Keep Up The Good Work Man.
Baron Smith
http://www.goldprojects.blogspot.com/
9 El Gigante Verdoso // Jul 10, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Wow! The photos are amazing, especially the dragonfly
10 femikey // Jul 10, 2007 at 3:38 pm
wow, nice blog i like dragonfly photos, i have 2 pictures like that too but i didn’t post yet, my husband took dragonfly or butterfly photos everytime he go for hike.
11 Madeleine // Jul 10, 2007 at 4:31 pm
So this is where art-nouveau gets its design inspirations….Lovely.
12 Madeleine // Jul 10, 2007 at 4:31 pm
So this is where art nouveau gets its inspiration. Lovely…
13 Aradil // Jul 10, 2007 at 9:17 pm
I really like your photos, they are wonderful!
14 Jonathan // Jul 16, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Nice pictures!! I was fortunate enough to witness the hatching of a dragonfly on the shores of Sebago Lake, in the State of Maine, US this past weekend:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1432/812851072_e2828362ca_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1426/812892740_ac9c4b52cc_o.jpg
15 Erin // Jul 18, 2007 at 11:01 pm
While I’m not a fan of bugs, these are very cool pictures.
16 Josh Lane // Aug 7, 2007 at 11:37 pm
These are stunning. Nice work.
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