One day you will take my heart completely, and make it more fiery than a dragon. Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet.” ~ Jalal ad-Din Rumi
This week I hiked around Rocky Bayou State Park almost every day. The dragonflies were swarming – tiny, lace-winged dragons of every color – gold, orange, green, black, bronze, and red.
Some were more bold, and would let me get very close, almost posing. Others, I had to sneak up on, and snap photos quickly before they hummed away.
I believe dragonflies are magical…
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(Photos shot with a Nikon D60, using an 18-55mm, 55-200mm, 20mm f/2.8 wide-angle, 50mm f/1.8 prime lens, and/or iPhone4)
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WE have these where I live with, too. Late afternoon they’re out huge.
I loved it
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Love these creatures, they are so delicate and beautiful
Mollyxxx
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Dragon flies are magical. I love how they shimmer in the sunlight! And they literally create a buzz!
Beautiful photos, Tara!
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There were so many of them, you could hear their humming all around.
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Wow, they are amazing.
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There were literally hundreds of them every where. I believe if I had stood still long enough, they would have landed on me. It was very cool.
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Beautiful…you’re right, they are magical!
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Your photos evoked memories of my childhood as I often sat enthralled by dragonflies in the fields around our home. Nicely done.
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I love dragonflies. Something about them seems magical. I think the name “imagine dragons” is the name of a band.
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Dragonflies are indeed miraculous, from the huge bulbous headed bodies of the parallel winged dragons to the delicate wings of the damsel flies in their bright colours of blue, green, orange and red. We’d often see huge dragonflies on our walks, and would wonder at their short life span and survival instincts.
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beautiful subjects that are as hard to capture as the souls they represent… but you’ve managed beautifully
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Beautiful! Nature is amazing.
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