Kiss of the Dragonfly

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 6, 2012748 views20 comments

I thought this shot was a little unique and to me a bit funny. As the rabbit was drinking form the watering hole, a dragonfly stayed put and never moved. It was if he was giving the bunny a little kiss.

1D MIV
500mm
1/250 at f/8
ISO 800

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on July 6, 2012 at 1:23 AM

cute, the pool brought you very big success , all of the have amazing quality, thats the way how to do it!!!

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 6, 2012 at 3:13 AM

Outstanding Kurt, both in terms of timing & position, just would like a bit more room all round.

TFS
Steve

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Comment posted by Jim Salge on July 6, 2012 at 9:50 AM

Whoa...didn't even notice the dragonfly until I read the description...very unique!

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Comment posted by Butch Lama on July 6, 2012 at 10:20 AM

Very heartening image... Throughly enjoying this...

TFS

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 6, 2012 at 10:42 AM

Really really nice image. Love everything abou tit - maybe add a touch of canvas on the bottom to give the reflected ear some breathing room.

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on July 6, 2012 at 10:58 AM

That is pretty unique! Good job on capturing this! My only wish would be for more room on the top & bottom. Nicely image!

Registered on October 29, 2011, 92 Posts, 1035 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on July 6, 2012 at 11:14 AM

I bet that it is unique, Kurt! What an unlikely looking pair! I like the shot as posted, especially your use of the DOF, but a little more room top and bottom would be an improvement. Another way to go would be to see if you can crop to just the head and front leg of the rabbit. That way we would have a better look at the dragonfly too. However, that dragonfly is pretty small: it may not be sufficiently well defined by the available pixels.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on July 6, 2012 at 1:25 PM

How cool is that! This is such a perfect example that one does not need a bear, lion, tiger or elephant to make a top notch wildlife image. I love everything about this; light, colour, low angle, subjects and interaction. Perhaps only a little bit more DOF would have perfected this, but that is really minor.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on July 6, 2012 at 4:04 PM

super shot Kurt - love the DOF, low angle and soft light and obviously the content...

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Comment posted by Walter Rowe on July 7, 2012 at 9:53 AM

Great timing. You have to view the large version to really see and appreciate what's going on here. I love it.

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Comment posted by Nancy Wolfe on July 7, 2012 at 8:06 PM

I didn't notice the dragon fly either. Great job:)

Registered on April 7, 2012, 42 Posts, 103 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on July 8, 2012 at 2:46 AM

Wonderful reflection, detail and timing.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on July 8, 2012 at 11:40 AM

Really nice! No nits.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 9, 2012 at 4:50 PM

Kurt,
Great work on this one and what timing . . .
Is this cropped or full frame, Have you tried a vertical crop, the dragonfly needs a little help to keep from being over powered by his 'Drinking Buddy'. The yellow flowers add real nice color.

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Plant on July 10, 2012 at 10:55 AM

great image, love the reflection

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 11, 2012 at 4:03 PM

Congrats on the WP - another fine Texas image.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on July 20, 2012 at 11:14 PM

Awesome photograph Kurt

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on December 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM

Kurt kissing Dragonfly that must be unique ,I really like this!

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on December 7, 2013 at 10:47 PM

Great shot

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 1, 2014 at 6:41 AM

The wonderful POV does it for me, very nice & congrats Kurt

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