DragonFly on seed pod

Posted by Jim Urbach on Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:15 pm

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While I was waiting for a snail kite to return to a perch, I spotted this dragon fly on an empty seed pod. I spread out my tripod legs to get an OOF BG. There are both closed green seedpods and this obvious dried empty seedpod in the area. I don't know their name. There are also many water lilies in the area.

10D, 600IS, 2x, ISO400, EV-2/3, f11, 1/500, no flash, slight crop off bottom.

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by Christoph Belanger on Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:01 pm

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I love this. It has a very otherworldly feel to it. Seems like something you would see in a science fiction movie. I love it.

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by Bearmann on Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:32 pm

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Christoph Belanger wrote:I love this. It has a very otherworldly feel to it. Seems like something you would see in a science fiction movie. I love it.

I couldn't agree more! I love the lighting and the background! I think it's probably the seedpod of the American Lotus. Those lilies you see, could they be lotuses(loti?), instead?

Barry

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by Tom Whelan on Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:36 pm

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Nice picture, wonderful perch. Lotus, all right!

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by chris earle on Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:21 am

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Cool perch and very nice background.

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by chris earle on Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:21 am

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Cool perch and very nice background.

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by Michael Brown on Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:29 am

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Wow!
And here is another one of those awesome big bazooka lens macros!!
Gotta love it!

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by Jim Urbach on Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:30 am

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Barry,

You discovered one of my weaknesses. I'm not good on plant IDs. It probably is a lotus. At least I got the first inital correct. I 'll try to capture an image of this next time I'm there.

Jim

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:14 am