DOOMED


Posted by Sandy R-B on Tue Jul 11, 2017 6:19 pm

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This unfortunate dragonfly miscalculated and ended up in the water. Within a very few seconds, he was being stalked, and shortly thereafter he became turtle food. Such is nature.

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D800
500mm
1/320 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 320
White balance: Auto

Flash: Off


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by Tom Whelan on Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:01 pm
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Great behavior capture, nice angle on the subjects, and the water surface patterns are lovely.
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by ChrisRoss on Thu Jul 13, 2017 1:04 am
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well captures - the hazards faced by insects.....
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by Jim Urbach on Thu Jul 13, 2017 3:15 pm
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wonderful story telling image
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by Cynthia Crawford on Thu Jul 13, 2017 4:45 pm
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What a story! So very illustrated-love the colors and clarity.
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by sayhitoant on Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:36 am
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Very interesting image. Great behaviour shot. Didn't know that turtle eats dragonfly. Thanks for sharing!
 

by Carol Clarke on Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:39 pm
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Great story telling capture Sandy! Excellent shot.
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by Matthew Pugh on Sat Jul 15, 2017 4:43 am
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Hi

A picture describes a thousand words - poor dragon

A smashing shot though lol


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by WILDSUDIPTA on Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:56 pm
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Good timing .....Nice frame Sandy .
 

by SMB on Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:40 pm
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Great story image. Amazing to have both heads nice and sharp.
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