Dragonfly

VERY hard to capture. I pointed to an area it had visited before,

then manually focused my lens, as I shot off two and only two shots.

 

Other one the wings blurred.

I know it's almost impossible to get a dragonfly flying on a picture. I've used a wild west kinda technique, as I've manually focused to a certain distance and then I just wait for one to get close enough and shoot without looking through the camera. Still just 8/8 cause this isn't nothing but a good picture to identify species i.e. not much artistic elements.

It is hard to shoot ANY insects in my experience (I've only tried dragonflies and butterflies - and not with any great success) and I think you've done very well to capture this one in flight! If I have a comment it is that I might be tempted to crop in on the fly a bit - but this looks good as it is too.

great catch, they are hard to photograph.

Nice work. I am envious.

how?! super capture -- this takes considerable technical expertise and talent.

i would like this image more if you had filled the frame with the subject.

nice... most shots of dragonflies are when perched.