Horseflies, Taken the weekend of July 4th.Since getting our new pool we've had a major traffic increase into our yard, Butterflies, Bats, and Dragonflies have all been attracted to our pool. After many months of trying to attract Butterflies and Dragonflies to my little garden all I needed was a pool. :) Oh well, the Swallowtails seemed to have taken a liking to my Plumbago (a Swallowtail nectar plant), maybe I can catch one on film soon. :)
I used the "Super Macro" for most of the pictures taken below, ideally I should have used a tripod, but I did not have one on hand at the time.
Looking back at these dragonfly pictures I am once again amazed at the creativity of our Creator in what we humans deem small and insignificant, which in reality are complex beyond our understanding. We photographers got it easy! We have only to discover and record the beauty in what has already been created!
Just a note on the picture above. Be sure to watch your backgrounds, especially on Macro. I got to engrossed with the dragonfly and forgot to watch the background, so as you can see, it might have been a great picture were it not for the distracting background. Just a thing to remember when you're taking very detail-oriented pictures.
Notice the difference a simple change of background makes?
