dragon eyez
closeup details of the eye of a dragonfly, PictureLake, Oct’2011
It took me about 15-20 attempts to finally get the eyes in focus and that’s a huge improvement from my previous attempt to get the butterfly’seyes . Dragon flies are hard to photograph as (unlike a butterfly) they will not let you approach that close and are constantly in motion or so I thought from my previous few futile attempts. Having said that, there are times and scenarios when you can approach them and take pictures easily. Cold mornings when their wings are still frozen with frost overnight, biological transformations are some scenarios when you could. Or when they are dead. I had a suspicion that this was dead too but around half an hour later it moved its head, just once though. I don’t know why it didn’t move for so long but I am not the one complaining :)
visual journey 
Impressive photograph. :)
Thank you for your comment and Glad you liked it !
This picture is amazing !!!!
Glad u liked it. Thanks for dropping by Mathias. I am not on a very good connection right now but I will visit your blog whenever I can.
unbelievable!
Amazing! And it is called perseverance. I like dragonflies but I’ve never tried to photograph them, I guess I don’t have enough patience.
I think a photographer by definition itself is patient , its just the we all choose different subjects to reserve our patience for..waiting patiently for the morning light or the post sunset lights is also patience :)
Amazing critters they are! You certainly captured the detail of those green eyes!
Yes David, the closeup magnification reveals a world in its own and the eyes usually are the most interesting.
Very nice, love the colour of those eyes. What magnification is this shot at?
hey thanks for droppping by..this was taken at MFD (1′) with a 100 2.8 macro so that would make it 1x.
Very impressive that you managed to capture these eyes, but even more impressive is the capture itself, with its fantastic detail and colors. Wonderful photograph
Thanks Galen… the subject was uncharacteristically still and co-operative which allowed me to get what i wanted
such an amazing photo!
Thank you Amanda
Fabulous! Wow, wow, wow.
Thanks Katie..as always :)
Wow! I love your blog! Your photography is beautiful and inspiring! Thank you!
Thank you for those very kind words Stacy. I am glad you liked these photos. I have book-marked your blog and will drop by as soon as I am able to..
Really good focus on the eyes — your patience certainly paid off. And what an amazing shade of green those eyes are!
yes, it is amazing to see these details on the big screen later (or LCD zoomed view) and the eyes usually have the most interesting details. Sometimes I get too obsessed with them only to realize later that there might be more to it than the eyes that i should have captured :)