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Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon

Lots of these around right now. More than a little disorienting shooting with one yellow filtered near sighted eye, and one clear farsighted following the recent cataract surgery on the left one.
It was hard for me to focus even with autofocus, and some of these are are sharper than others, so I tried for backgrounds that would show off these mostly black and white beauties.

Libellula luctuosa

The bug was ignored for some reason, so was a honey bee

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An 8-spotted skimmer joined up

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Beautiful set, as usual, Vic! You will love it when both eyes are done.

smilenangler Loc: The Flood City, Pa.

I like them...

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Muddyvalley wrote:

Lots of these around right now. More than a little disorienting shooting with one yellow filtered near sighted eye, and one clear farsighted following the recent cataract surgery on the left one.
It was hard for me to focus even with autofocus, and some of these are are sharper than others, so I tried for backgrounds that would show off these mostly black and white beauties.

Libellula luctuosa

Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon

Longshadow wrote:

Thanks Longshadow.

Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon

UTMike wrote:

Beautiful set, as usual, Vic! You will love it when both eyes are done.

Thanks so much Mike. I'm certainly looking forward to it. I used to wear contacts , and I remember the feeling when I first got them years ago. This should be similar.

Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon

smilenangler wrote:

I like them...

Thanks smilenangler. I appreciate the comment!

Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon

Architect1776 wrote:

Thanks for dropping in Architect and for the thumbs up !

lositton Loc: Pensacola, FL

Muddyvalley wrote:

Lots of these around right now. More than a little disorienting shooting with one yellow filtered near sighted eye, and one clear farsighted following the recent cataract surgery on the left one.
It was hard for me to focus even with autofocus, and some of these are are sharper than others, so I tried for backgrounds that would show off these mostly black and white beauties.

Libellula luctuosa

WOW! Awesome shots!

Lo

Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon

lositton wrote:

WOW! Awesome shots!

Lo

Thanks a bunch Lo!

LeeK Loc: Washington State

Wow! Great shots. Never seen these dragon flies. They are beauties!

Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon

LeeK wrote:

Wow! Great shots. Never seen these dragon flies. They are beauties!

Thanks Leek! They have been moving north and should be in the areas around Seattle soon if not already. I'm pretty sure they are around Vancouver Wa.

LeeK Loc: Washington State

Really? I'll have to keep a look out for them.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Incredible set