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Postby Ravang » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:29 am

Just a few snaps from the riverside.

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Re: Dragonflys

Postby chrism7262 » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:44 am

:o man look at the eyes on those!  ;)  :D very cool shots m8!
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Re: Dragonflys

Postby Fozzer » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:58 am

Amazing...amazing...amazing!... :)...!

Lovely shots!

A beautiful iridescent blue!..... :)...!

I wonder why the long body?...flying stability?

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Re: Dragonflys

Postby Hagar » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:58 am

Excellent. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Re: Dragonflys

Postby beaky » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:02 pm

Nice. I love dragonflies... Someday I might even get a shot of one in flight (although I doubt it!)  :)
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Re: Dragonflys

Postby beaky » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:25 pm

Amazing...amazing...amazing!... :)...!

Lovely shots!

A beautiful iridescent blue!..... :)...!

I wonder why the long body?...flying stability?

Paul...Dungeons and Dragonflies... 8-)...!



I guess it makes them more streamlined, and counterbalances the large head, wings and landing gear.

Also, dragonflies do something very interesting with their abdomens when mating; they feed, fight, and, uh, do other stuff on the wing. I can sit and watch them do their thing for hours- amazing fliers!!
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Re: Dragonflys

Postby a1 » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:31 pm

Nice collection of Bluets. ;) I just caught a dragon fly while i was in the pool. Adding to my collection. :D
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Re: Dragonflys

Postby Fozzer » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:10 pm

Nice collection of Bluets. ;) I just caught a dragon fly while I was in the pool. Adding to my collection. :D


I bet the poor buggar has got a pin through it now, and stuck on a display board...

...what a way to end your life...pinned to a board!... :'(...!

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Re: Dragonflys

Postby a1 » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:19 pm

Nice collection of Bluets. ;) I just caught a dragon fly while I was in the pool. Adding to my collection. :D


I bet the poor buggar has got a pin through it now, and stuck on a display board...

...what a way to end your life...pinned to a board!... :'(...!

Paul... ;D...!



In a jar currently...don't have the patience to pin it yet.
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Re: Dragonflys

Postby chrism7262 » Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:19 pm

Nice collection of Bluets. ;) I just caught a dragon fly while I was in the pool. Adding to my collection. :D


I bet the poor buggar has got a pin through it now, and stuck on a display board...

...what a way to end your life...pinned to a board!... :'(...!

Paul... ;D...!



In a jar currently...don't have the patience to pin it yet.


haha nothing like the pinning the live frog to a board idea  ;)
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Re: Dragonflys

Postby Ravang » Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:05 pm

Nice. I love dragonflies... Someday I might even get a shot of one in flight (although I doubt it!)  :)

Good luck, very fast, and they're a bit hyperactive too. They'll land somewhere for a second and then they go zipping off. ;D

(Must have heard a1 will stick a pin in them :P)
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Re: Dragonflys

Postby beaky » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:00 pm

I often find dead ones- they seem to die fully extended, which makes them quite decorative... but I'd never kill one just to look at it.  :(

They are Nature's perfect little aerial hunters, and they eat things that bother us!
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Re: Dragonflys

Postby BigTruck » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:21 pm

[quote]I often find dead ones- they seem to die fully extended, which makes them quite decorative... but I'd never kill one just to look at it.
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Re: Dragonflys

Postby Mitch. » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:49 am

:(I was expecting to see Cessna A-37's.

Still cool though. 8-)
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