Black Hawk Down by Wivelrod

Photography • Macro • posted on Jul 06, 2005

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I think this is a Southern Hawker Dragonfly. I noticed it on the garden path this evening. I approached it carefully and in some surprise, yet to my amazement it never flew away. Something was definately wrong, dragonflies do not, as far as I'm aware at least, sit on garden paths and let 6'2" tall humans walk right up to them and then NOT fly away. Yep, this poor fella had flown this mortal realm. How it came to end its life on my garden path I'll never know. Dead or not, I couldn't resist having a go at taking a few pictures. I need the practise, and my Angle Finder (90 degree viewfinder extension) arrived today so this was an ideal subject to try it out on and learn abit in the process. Thanks for looking and any comments you care to leave. RIP Mr/Miss/Ms Dragonfly. Canon 20 - Tamron 180mm macro + extension ISO200 F8.0 0.6" exposure Camera rested on a soft cushion and held as steadily in place as I could. Photoshop CS for colour enhancement, sharpening and border.

Comments (22)

Dutch_Wally

1:43PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

My condolences, beautifull shot btw

viperanet

1:44PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Great Macro!!!!!!!Bravo!!

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danob

1:45PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Great shot the angle finder is a super aid for these low level shots!!

Michelle A.

1:52PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

A fabulous macro!

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XR666

1:53PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Very very very nice macro :)

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Piliph

2:51PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Excellent shot !

Sylvaine

3:49PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Give it a kiss...its a prowess is these condition...

soulofharmony

3:58PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

wowwwwwwwww now thats what l call in your face, superb.... quality and spot on :)...))))))) sublime

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Akinom

4:14PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

OMG... this is one heck of a macro! Stunning!

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jcv2

4:20PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Wow, a very impressive macro closeup of this dragonfly! Whew! Very detailed!

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kimariehere

4:41PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

such a cool macro .. almost makes me afraid of dragon flys now ..like some kinda alien soon to take over!! LOL AWESOME SHOT!! brilliant WORK!

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bkhook

5:48PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Love the colors.. cool bug! Mr. tommrules has me "hooked" on macro bugs now.

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maggiemai

6:45PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Amazing Macro!!! I love your title too...it is perfect..hehe Excellent work on this poor little guy/gal...looks very much alive to me except for that kind of psychadelic look in his/her eye. Maybe he/she was just dazed.. lol :-) V

tvernuccio

7:28PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Yowser!!!!! Look at his face!!!!! never saw one this close before! very cool...uh...except sorry that he's dead. :(

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pm_hackworth

8:05PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

I took a picture of a snapping turtle in a lake once I was so proud and then after taking a closer look much to my embarrasment...was dead! I felt sad for the turtle. This is excellent! Had you no said so I would not have known it was dead. (But then I missed on the turtle too so probably not a good judge! LOL!) VOTE

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