Something different for today.

Come with me into the world of the smaller beauties.
Such as the lovely reflection in the water of this little Damselfly.

Or maybe you prefer the beauty of the Red-veined Dragonflies.

Any case, we were sitting in the shade of some oak trees, near the edge of a pond, and my camera wanted to take some photos of life in the pond. Of course, it wanted me to carry it around :)
I am waiting for the day when they develop a small camera to strap on one's forehead, right above the middle of one's eyes. This camera must be able to snap everything that the eyes can see, such as the moon and the stars, and also the smallest things tinier than an ant. To activate the camera, on can simply wink the left eye for big and far things and the right eye for the closer and smaller things.
In order to do a video, one merely has to stick one's usual finger into one's nose, and then the camera will take a perfect video.
It's Friday after all and I WONDER HOW MANY WILL ACTUALLY READ THIS.

3 Photos below of a Red-veined Dropwing (Trithemis arteriosa) above the windy waters.

Just a note.

We found this dead little gecko that was biting his tail.

No, I don't know what happened, but it was strange that it was biting its tail. It is reckoned that stress causes them to bite their tails, but we will investigate it.

Back to the dragonflies.

This was taken with a cloud before the sun.

And here the sun was fully exposed again.

I knew that my settings were still on macro, but I tried to get this one below in flight.

To get them seated is easy, but in flight it's a totally different matter, as their wing beats occur at a stunning speed of 30 times per second.

Just a brief mention here of the dragonflies flying capabilities, and you can read the rest at the source below..

Dragonflies are powerful and agile fliers, capable of migrating across the sea, moving in any direction, and changing direction suddenly. In flight, the adult dragonfly can propel itself in six directions: upward, downward, forward, backward, to left and to right. They have four different styles of flight.

Counter-stroking, with forewings beating 180° out of phase with the hindwings, is used for hovering and slow flight. This style is efficient and generates a large amount of lift.
Phased-stroking, with the hindwings beating 90° ahead of the forewings, is used for fast flight. This style creates more thrust, but less lift than counter-stroking.
Synchronised-stroking, with forewings and hindwings beating together, is used when changing direction rapidly, as it maximises thrust.

Source

Just a wander in the world of the flying masters, and soon the other species will also start to appear. Colors of most kinds, blue, yellow and black, silvers, greens, in fact many differently colored specimens will be in flight again. Same as the butterflies, they know that they only have a short time to perform their tasks, such as mating and even the very strong winds do not affect them at all. They simply just carry on doing what they were created to do.

I hope that you have enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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