The most difficult is the Dragonfly. It takes time and
patients to gain their trust. The Dragonfly in these
pictures was the most challenging.
While out in the garden, this dragon landed, walking
around the garden to get a closer look. He just sit as
I slowly moved in for the shot. At only a few feet
away he flew darting around overhead.
He came in for a landing, making me walk all the way
around the garden again. A few feet away he flew again.
Standing still, watching, he began to change altitude. The
dragon would fly a foot or more above my head. He then
flew to the other side of the yard. Loosing sight of him,
suddenly he flew pass my head. Stopped to hover out in
front of me, moving toward me a foot at a time, until he
was about two feet from my face. The dragon hovered
for about a minute, making me feel like we were eye to
eye. He started darting around again, he moved to my
right and behind me. I slowly turn to see where he had
gone.
When I saw him landing about six feet away. I moved
in slowly readying my camera. Got a few feet away,
reaching out with camera in hand, started shooting. The
dragon sit as I moved to the side, and to the front taking
a few pictures each time. I moved slowly in for a facial
shot, when he flew away.
As he hovered close by, I said Thank You. Feeling
happy with what I had.
Stephen
