Nature Photography

[tripletfeb]

This afternoon I was taking photos of flowers in my yard, just using my phone.

As I was taking a picture of sedum blooms I noticed something looked "different":
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Can you see what caught my eye?

Here's a close-up, same photo:
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See it now?

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I believe it's a damselfly. And it let me get closer, close enough to get a decent picture.

It's about 1".

It's a damselfly. Dragonflies hold their wings out when resting, damsels fold their wings

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Yarrow silhouetted against a gorgeous sunset.

 

[fuzzi]

In my squash bed:

 

[azurbanclucker]

Quick cell snap of my neighbor's Cassia Fistula, or Golden Shower tree.

 

[tripletfeb]

Quick cell snap of my neighbor's Cassia Fistula, or Golden Shower tree.

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That's pretty!

 

[azurbanclucker]

That's pretty!

My former neighbor (who recently moved) brought that from Thailand as a seed and grew it. It's really pretty, but it's also very messy. It will drop all those flowers in 2 weeks or so, and also drops all its leaves in the fall, They all blow up into my front door area due to the prevailing winds.

 

[tripletfeb]

My former neighbor (who recently moved) brought that from Thailand as a seed and grew it. It's really pretty, but it's also very messy. It will drop all those flowers in 2 weeks or so, and also drops all its leaves in the fall, They all blow up into my front door area due to the prevailing winds.

That's nothing. Try having maple or oak trees. This year is the year for maples to drop their helicopters and They. Are. Everywhere! I'm constantly pulling starter maple trees from my garden. And grass. Even in between the cracks in the patio

 

[fuzzi]

Slaty blue dragonfly, I think.

(not bad for an Android phone)

 

[HollowOfWisps]

The sky a few weeks ago was absolutely stunning (taken from phone so not the best).

 

[fuzzi]

The sky a few weeks ago was absolutely stunning (taken from phone so not the best).
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I like the third one the best.