Dragonfly's Dinner

Posted by Eric Fry (Houston, TX, United States) on 19 August 2008 in Animal & Insect.

This one didn't stay around long enough for me to get any more shots, but I could hear him crunching the bee as I walked up.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you all have a great day,
Eric

Check out the photography of a friend of mine outside of Aminus3:
Brian Dykes' Blue Echoes Photography - Beautiful nature and city images from the guy that turned me on to Adobe Lightroom

Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Wow Eric, I didn't even know that dragonflies ate bees. What an incredible capture.

19 Aug 2008 5:23am

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

What a capture!

19 Aug 2008 5:47am

Magda from Vancouver, Canada

incredible capture! the detail is superb!

19 Aug 2008 6:09am

Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia

Fantastic, the colour here is very vibrant, great detail and I didn't know they ate bee's either, thanks for teaching me something today!

19 Aug 2008 6:30am

Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

Wowzer! You must have been really quick to capture this one Eric. The colour is so vibrant. I didn't know they ate bees either!!! Breilliant shot, well done!

19 Aug 2008 6:39am

saeed from ahwaz, Iran

Its beautiful and great indeed! very sharp and very interesting! the colours are really vivid! nicely done dear Eric :)

19 Aug 2008 6:41am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

That's a really great close up shot of a dragonfly!

19 Aug 2008 7:41am

maxine from Rangiora, New Zealand

Great shot! the background is still visible which gives depth and the dragonfly is so clear very cool shot!

19 Aug 2008 8:45am

Veronelle from Lens, France

super dragonfly

19 Aug 2008 10:20am

Joy from Ahmedabad, India

nice picture...only criticism is the contrast seems to be bit too high

19 Aug 2008 3:31pm

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

ooh! dynamic color! wonderful detail! beautiful!

19 Aug 2008 5:35pm

shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Beautiful macro!Nice timing!

19 Aug 2008 9:02pm

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

fantastic focus and colour

19 Aug 2008 9:09pm

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

Amazing... the bee didn't stand a chance. Excellent macro Eric.

19 Aug 2008 10:22pm

willow from Chelsea, United States

What a bizarre looking bug and what a great shot! Well done, Eric.

21 Aug 2008 2:08am

Earnest from Oklahoma, United States

This is a great catch, Eric...

21 Aug 2008 3:23pm

Nikon COOLPIX P5100
1/55 second
F/3.5
ISO 160
60 mm (35mm equiv.)