I love dragonflies but they’re quite hard to find and photograph since they don’t like to sit still. Did you know dragonflies are the fastest insects in the world? They can even fly backwards, hover and make U-turns at full speed. I guess those two sets of wings come in really handy when they’re hungry. And they do eat a lot of bugs, which is convenient for us.
It was my lucky day a few months ago when I spotted this dragonfly standing on a dead leaf over a pond covered with lily pads. I was even luckier to have some beautiful water lilies to include in the background of my pictures. I first captured the blue dragonfly with a pink water lily in the same shot.
Then I just had to point my camera a bit to the left and capture the same dragonfly with a white water lily in the background. How nice is that?
I can’t put even a finger on a dead leaf without breaking it, but it seemed like a nice stand for this dragonfly.
Check out these other posts I have about dragonflies, including orange dragonflies. And if you like water lilies, I have quite a few posts about them also because I love the different colors and shapes of water lilies.
