Here is something very special today.
A dragonfly with it's prey. Not everyday that one can see this, but Mother nature was very happy to see us on this lovely Sunday. So she decided to show me this rare event.
I had to be very careful with this one as the slightest movement and he would be gone. Even your shadow movement over them scares them away.
So come and have a look at how he eats.
This was when I first saw him and you can see that he has a bug in his mouth.
He is a male "Elusive Skimmer" (Orhetrum rubens).
Now I had to ghost around to get him from the front without disturbing his Sunday lunch feast.
Sadly I could see the eyes of the bug that he was eating, but the sun was too sharp to identify it.
And then he was done and it also looked like he was looking up at me, so as if to say, how was that mate?
Just a tiny little butterfly here to end the post.
Do you also find that things have become more hectic lately? Constant business with minimal results and at times we are running around like headless chickens. Every here and there something good occurs, but then it's just back to the slog again.
That's why we have the gift of nature. It waits for us and as soon as we step into it, then the magic starts to happen.
Without realizing it, our thought patterns automatically change and all of our struggles and strivings are temporarily changed to wonderment. A place where truth and the beauty of life invades our minds and bonds with our souls.
As I write this, I can again feel that excitement that I felt when I got this dragonfly with his lunch.
Nature looks after her own, just as this world is looking after it's own and I am happy that I am just journeying through it all.
I hope that you have enjoyed the post.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.
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Stealth mode to capture photographs, nervous little guys no wonder with those enormous eyes!
Well done with this fleeting meal capture!
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Have to and one has to keep the sun's position in mind. Then the wind can also become a problem by whipping the stems around and if one lifts the camera too quickly then it's also a gonner.
So all gets done in silent slowmo.
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Getting photography one is often let down, perfect timing, wind and light, many times hit and miss....
I can only laugh lately when Mother nature plays her tricks on me.
Late yesterday afternoon we were stopped at a traffic light and a big shadow flew over our car.
I pulled off when the light changed and pulled into a taxi bay. Jumped out with my camera and sure enough there in the distance was a gymnogene flying encircled by a group of small bird attacking it.
Happily I clicked away and in my mind it was great photos that I was taking.
At home when I plugged into the PC for the download, for some reason the camera setting was on "Macro". So all of my mental great pictures turned out blank.
Ditto had a doff moment a day ago thinking I captured some great shots of the yellow-billed kite hovering above me, alas none! Well wait and see might hit a luck again!
Hahaha, all that I can say to this is shame I am sorry, oh and also hahahaha.
He who laughs last laughs best, sure the kite looked down doing just that!
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Another wow post, Zac, I haven't seen many dragonflies in my life, but never I have seen one eating 👍 Mother Nature loves you, my friend 😊
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Thank you kindly and I was just at the right place at the right time my friend 😊
As you know, luck doesn't feature in my life and I am just thankful that I could see it.
I love Mother nature just as much and now you have seen how they eat 😊😊😊
Cheers and thanks.
You are often at the right place at the right time, my friend, and that means to me that Mother Nature loves you 😊
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Maybe my camera and Mother nature are close, as she undresses herself for him, to show him her treasures 🤣 !LOLZ
Cheers and thanks.
LOL but they both know that the camera needs you to make the click at the right time 😉
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They call it synchrony and I am only the match maker 🤣
Cheers and thanks.
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Not only your hobby, but you are also extremely good at it!
Specifically, your wildlife captures... whether tiny like these, or birds... shows you have great stealth and patience. Most people lack the patience to sit still and wait for the potential image to come into being.
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Well thank you for this inspiring message and I am sure that I am only doing my best like everyone else here on hive are doing in their own ways. And that includes you.
The animals and the birds teach me many things about life and how to get them on camera, and all that it takes is to study their habits. Patience is one of Mother nature's secrets and the other one is that one has to blend into one's surroundings.
Practice always pays.
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those shots are amazing... and thanks for sharing as we never see dragonflies in the city anymore.
Thank you and it's a pity that you don't see them anymore.
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Nature is simply the best Zac, and your photographs do it justice.
I can imagine you being in stealth mode.
Wedon't really get dragon flies, so I love to see you showing us nature from your side of the world.
Thank you my friend.
I call it blending in, as that can spot the slightest abnormal movement and then it's game over. So many here complain that can never get the dragonflies because they fly away.
But when you and I see a person storming at us with a camera we will also fly away 😉
You don't get dragonflies? I can never live in a place with no dragonflies.
My pleasure to share our nature with you.
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Yes we would storm off lol that is a given.
You know, I will be on a dragon fly hunt now 🤣
For sure!
Like I said, a pity that there are none.
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