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Pincertail

Onychogomphus uncatus

Notes:

Update: adding a new mission... He loved the camera.

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28 Comments (1–25)

Ricardo Salgueiro
Ricardo Salgueiro 12 years ago

Wow, so many amazing photos congratulations!!

misako
misako 12 years ago

Great shot--looks like it is smiling!

GonçaloLemos
GonçaloLemos 12 years ago

Wow, no words for describe this shot

KarenL
KarenL 13 years ago

I love a cooperative model! :)

borzrach
borzrach 13 years ago

Great photo, stunning!

Fantasztikus!

Edith
Edith 13 years ago

Your story makes this even more lovable. You are absolutely right, he looks like he was smiling. :)

Ulrich
Ulrich 13 years ago

Great shot, stunning details

animaisfotos
animaisfotos 13 years ago

I've been struggling to keep up with the pace and its not easy. <<I'm just pushing too many donkeys.>> Sorry I haven't had the time to, at least, thank you all for viewing, commenting and favorite the spotting. I also would like to thank the honor and privilege to have it as a face for the Global Dragonflies & Damselflies Mission.
It is only fair to tell a bit about the story of the spotting, since it can also represent a word of encouragement to other:
The photo was taken using an "old" (my first 2MB - Fujifilm-Finepix-A204) digital camera. At that time the only thing I knew was that I had to look through a viewfinder and then click on the top button. Pretty dumb, Right? So... Beginners luck! Absolutely!...But with the help\blessing of a friendly dragon.
It was too hot to stand on the shores of the small river (Dão River). There wasn't a single breeze and it was getting hard even to breath. Two small round rocks half emerged in the water where a temptation... Got in the water and sat down on the larger one (no larger then a melon fruit). Almost heaven... But heaven was on its way. Circling around my head, a beautiful dragonfly just insisted on getting closer. With the camera on my right hand, moved a bit aside, leaving a few inches of rock for a friend to join the refreshing moments. That's exactly what happen. The dragonfly sat by me, facing the camera. No matter how noisy the camera was or how fast I changed the camera position, my friend never left. Always changing pose, he seemed to know. I spend the entire afternoon taking pictures of the newly made dragonfly friend, but chose to publish the most surprising photo of them all. He was standing so close to the lens that I couldn't even see his head. The first time I saw it on the computer it looked like he was smiling. I just had to share it.
Thank you,
APaz

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 13 years ago

Nice Capture..!!

peter
peter 13 years ago

Your photo was selected to represent the new Dragonfly and Damselfly mission!

http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/6524...

Thurd13
Thurd13 13 years ago

At first glance, thought it was a helicopter! great shot!

LucBertrand
LucBertrand 13 years ago

WOW !!!!! PERFECT , VERY NICE !!!! i love this picture

ChrisDiaz
ChrisDiaz 13 years ago

@mdwildlife, I couldn't have said it any better. very cool.

mdwildlife
mdwildlife 13 years ago

that is a ridiculously awesome photo! There. I said it

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 13 years ago

almost a head stand!

Amazing shot!

JaniceMcCafferty
JaniceMcCafferty 13 years ago

wow, great picture!

nwelch101
nwelch101 13 years ago

Sweet close-up!

NayNay
NayNay 13 years ago

that's cool! :-)

sttweets
sttweets 13 years ago

Really nice picture. Sharp in most details, well done!
I like to photograph them myself as well: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/553...

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 13 years ago

Is this real? I had passed it up so many times. Wow!

lindistar
lindistar 13 years ago

Amazing, would love to take pictures like this!

Craig Mullenbach
Craig Mullenbach 13 years ago

Great shot. Love the composition and detail!

peter
peter 13 years ago

Unreal :O

animaisfotos
Spotted by
animaisfotos

Centro, Portugal

Spotted on Jun 16, 2005
Submitted on Mar 18, 2011

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