Dragonfly Rapture

George says I've been taking (is such a thing possible?) so I was happy to get some shots of a Cardinal Meadowhawk Dragonfly resting on a stick in our pond. 

Dragonflies are much easier to photograph than hummingbirds or butterflies in the wild, because they rest often, rather than fluttering from flower to flower and flying away. I've noticed that when dragonflies visit our pond they find a surface to light on, and although they zip away, they quickly return over and over to the same spot. 

Next in line is a closeup photo of a Cardinal Meadowhawk that I took a few years ago. And after that is my photo of an amazing Blue-eyed Darner dragonfly (Aeshna multicolor) that I was thrilled to get during the Pinole Artisan Plein Air paintout last month. Click here to see my blog post about the paintout and the photo collage that I made using another of my photos of the dragonfly. 

Other than the Cardinal Meadowhawks, we get tons of Damselflies in our garden at this time of year. Damselflies are much smaller than most dragonflies, and the photo I included is of one perched easily on a tiny wisteria flower bud. 

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