Common Hawker.

[Terry Farrow]

Sometimes patience can be rewarded with nature photography. These little guys don’t hang around long to have their pic taken.

 

[AlanLichty]

Neat capture - you are quite right about them not sticking around for their portraits.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Fantastic capture here.

 

[JimFox]

This is really awesome! What a great capture and I can imagine just how hard was to get this little guy.

 

[JimFox]

Congrats on the Daily Featured Post Terry!

@Terry Farrow

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Very nice Terry. Live how the background colors contrast with the dragonfly.

 

[Jeffrey]

Nice! That IS a tough shoot. I watch their habits of returning to the same twig to rest and then do a circle and land there again. I set up on the twig and when they landed, pop. Plus, when their wings stop you will capture their nice textures and patterns.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I know how hard these ae to capture. Congratulations on a well deserved Daily Featured Post, Terry.

 

[Terry Farrow]

Neat capture - you are quite right about them not sticking around for their portraits.

Thank you very much Alan.

 

[Terry Farrow]

Fantastic capture here.

Thanks for that Ben.

 

[Terry Farrow]

This is really awesome! What a great capture and I can imagine just how hard was to get this little guy.

Thanks for that Jim. As usual I had lots more throwaways than keepers.

 

[Terry Farrow]

Congrats on the Daily Featured Post Terry!

@Terry Farrow

Thank you very much for including this image in the Daily Feature.

 

[Terry Farrow]

Very nice Terry. Live how the background colors contrast with the dragonfly.

Thank you for that Jameel. I chose it in preference to another with a plain background.

 

[Terry Farrow]

Nice! That IS a tough shoot. I watch their habits of returning to the same twig to rest and then do a circle and land there again. I set up on the twig and when they landed, pop. Plus, when their wings stop you will capture their nice textures and patterns.

Thanks Jeff. Nothing better than finding a nice quiet spot by the river bank and wait with the camera set up.

 

[Terry Farrow]

I know how hard these ae to capture. Congratulations on a well deserved Daily Featured Post, Terry.

Thank you for that Doug much appreciated.

 

[Amy Earl]

Fantastic photo, Terry. A well deserved daily feature!

Nice! That IS a tough shoot. I watch their habits of returning to the same twig to rest and then do a circle and land there again. I set up on the twig and when they landed, pop. Plus, when their wings stop you will capture their nice textures and patterns.

What a great technique. I'm going to put this tip to good use next time I have the opportunity!

 

[Joe Colozzo]

great job, they are so hard to nab in flight shots of!

 

[Terry Farrow]

great job, they are so hard to nab in flight shots of!

Thanks for that Joe.