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Description Taken near the pond. I have been trying for weeks to get a clear shot of this beautiful but skittish dragon fly. I believe I caught the essence of it's beauty in this series of three shots. I used a monopod to steady the camera and ever so slowly kept inching up an clicking shots. When these guys get spooked they take off and DO NOT land in the same or close spot. For some reason today these guys stayed still long enough for me to get a few good shots. Imagine creeping up and lifting the monopod forward, base first a few inches at a time then ever so slowly shuffleing my feet forward and pivoting the camera through a small but painfully slow arc before I could get my next shot. I have gotten pretty good at creeping forward like this. I think I could say: "move like a sloth so you don't spook the dragon!" MOTO
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Author John Flannery from Richmond County, North Carolina, USA

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by DrPhotoMoto at https://flickr.com/photos/24135011@N08/2649928995. It was reviewed on 17 November 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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