......On one of my many roadside stops last June I saw this little feller literally hanging from a small twig a couple of feet above the water at a rivers edge. It was soaking wet and covered in pine pollen. One wing was badly damaged so it must have had an "encounter". It hang there for almost an hour and than it was gone.

All with K20D and Pentax DFA 2.8 100mm macro.







Comments are always welcome and appreciated.

Wow, you did get close Heinrich.
I'm glad I have a laptop, I prefer the last one the other way up. Looks like he was either smiling or grimacing.

[Heinrich Lohmann]

Wow, you did get close Heinrich.
I'm glad I have a laptop, I prefer the last one the other way up. Looks like he was either smiling or grimacing.

Hi Gary and thank you.

Do you or anyone else know why vertical images when posted "imgwide" show original as normal and compress when "enlarged"?

Take care,

[Ash]

Or he's just plain mad - so much detail here.
It's almost frightening...

[Sailor]

Beautiful images of an ugly cuss (although not - presumably - to other dragonflies); the last one is outstanding.

Jer

[flippedgazelle]

Holy smokes! That poor fellow really has been thru the wars.

The last photo is astonishing.

[Scottnorwo]

that is some close shots there. really like the composition of the first two shots

[fractal]

Very close. It looks like it has taken a trip to the beach.

Good work Heinrich.

[artistcjconrad]

Well done! very sharp shots. Feel sorry for the poor thing though!

cj

[Heinrich Lohmann]

Or he's just plain mad - so much detail here.
It's almost frightening...

Thank you Ash for the kind comment,

Take care,

Beautiful images of an ugly cuss (although not - presumably - to other dragonflies); the last one is outstanding.

Jer

Hi Jer and thank you, sometimes one does a lucky shot in.

Take care,

Holy smokes! That poor fellow really has been thru the wars.

The last photo is astonishing.

Thank you, your looking and commenting is appreciated.

Take care,

that is some close shots there. really like the composition of the first two shots

Hi Scott, thank you and do take care,

Very close. It looks like it has taken a trip to the beach.

Good work Heinrich.

Thank you Carl for the kind words.

The cliff swallows were flying up and down the river feeding on dragonflies and whatever else was around. This one got away but must have fallen into the water. The rivers edges were yellow with pine pollen and when this dragonfly crawled up unto this stick a lot of pollen stuck to it. It hung there for almost an hour and than was gone. Whether it flew away or fell back into the water I do not know.

Take care,

[Heinrich Lohmann]

Well done! very sharp shots. Feel sorry for the poor thing though!

cj

Thank you for the kind words. Such is nature and sometimes it's cruel but no more so than us humans.

Take care,

[Wildnsyko]

Subtitle for the second one: "Here's looking at you, kid"

Very neat pics! How far away were you from him?

[Heinrich Lohmann]

Subtitle for the second one: "Here's looking at you, kid"

Very neat pics! How far away were you from him?

Thank you. For the last one probably 4-5 inches and yes I did get wet feet.

Take care,

Hi Gary and thank you.

Do you or anyone else know why vertical images when posted "imgwide" show original as normal and compress when "enlarged"?

Take care,

You'd have to ask Adam that question Heinrich. Post in Site Suggestions, I'm sure you won't be the only one to want an answer to that question.

[Heinrich Lohmann]

You'd have to ask Adam that question Heinrich. Post in Site Suggestions, I'm sure you won't be the only one to want an answer to that question.

Here is the answer:

Because the imgwide tag forces the image width to 640 pixels, and then shows the maximum size (up to the original) that will fit your screen. I may create a dedicated tag for verticals later on, as the current tags are only designed for horizontal images.
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