Looks more like they are in the kissing stage of a new relationship. Nice catch.
Larry
Charles Sdunek wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Just thought I'd send this shot along. I was walking through a meadow
> between two ponds in the seney national wildlife preserve, photographing
> birds. (In particular the Common Loon, Great Blue Heron, Sandhill Crane
> and also hoping to get a shot at the eagle rumored to live in the area)
> when right before my eyes, a huge striped dragonfly snatched a smaller
> dragonfly out of the air and proceeded to munch on its head. Now, I was
> set up for birds, with my OM2n and a porterhouse 500mm mirror lens that my
> dad picked up off ebay. As I darted for my camera bag, taking the lens off
> hoping to get the shot before this monster decided to carry off its prey, I
> noticed that this mirror lens has macro focus capabilities. I moved back
> and snapped this shot hand held from about 3 feet away...and to tell you
> all the truth...this pic looked great on the ektachrome 400...even if the
> scan done down the street wasnt much good.. Well, here it is...
>
> http://zuikoholic.homestead.com/files/dragonfly.jpg
>
> This lens works better as a macro lens than it does as a telephoto...heheheheh
>
> Chuck
>
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