JLODonnellPhotography

Say Cheese

Say Cheese

This dragonfly kept flying around his stick, then landing and looking at me as if he wanted me to take his photo. It looks like he's smiling to me. lol...
Read more

This dragonfly kept flying around his stick, then landing and looking at me as if he wanted me to take his photo. It looks like he's smiling to me. lol
Read less

camera

Canon EOS 600D

settings

settings

Aperture 71/10 ISO 200 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 250/1

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2016

Views

438

Likes

+96

Awards

Peer Award

+12

Top Choice

+7

Superb Composition

+1

Superior Skill

Magnificent Capture

Absolute Masterpiece

Outstanding Creativity

All Star

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

Categories

Macro
Nature

Platinum

Beautiful-Great detail

Thank you, Dwayne! Dragonflies are funny... Some of them avoid you and will not land no matter what. Others, like this one, seem to fly to get your attention, then land and pose.

I found that a lot of times they will take off only to loop around and land where they took off from.

See all

Same photographer See all

I had no idea there were so many different kinds of Frangipani flowers. It has become my favourite flower to photograph, and this is one of my favour

These butterflies look very similar to the Blue Triangle, both of which are often seen in both the bush and residential areas. The Pale Triangle has

Taken from Bribie Island, a unique sunset from earlier this year.

To me, it looked like these two Laughing Kookaburras were having an in depth conversation.

I got this quick snap over the weekend Though it's not great quality, I thought it was funny. : )

This was taken a couple of years ago, when a grey sunset suddenly turned beautiful shades of reds and pinks.

One of the most common spiders in the area, the Golden Orb is often seen in the bush, the garden, and even on the washing line. This image shows both

These are another flower, often found in gardens here. They are self-seeding, and grow easily in this climate. I really like the colour of these.

This is a rather tame possum, who lived in one of the parks on Bribie Island. I happened across a man who was feeding her. He had fed 3 generations

As I was processing these photos, I changed the white balance, out of curiosity. To me, this gave the look of what the road might look like under the

We had taken a helicopter ride to Byron Bay, and our time was very limited there. Adding to the time factor was my two broken (but healing) feet - I

One morning recently, fog rolled in over a large area, including Bribie Island, and stayed for a couple of hours. This photo captures the bridge to &

This is an older photo, looking over Pumicestone Passage at sunset toward Glass House Mountains.

I'm seeing these by the dozens here right now. The top of their wings are black and white, and this is what's visible when they're mov

Friendly Koala, taken at Australia Zoo, home of the late Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter. These are often called 'koala bears', but in fa

This was another practice shot of one of the many dragonflies around a local lake.

This is my loyal companion, keeping a watchful eye on me, as I was watching the butterflies. : )

Discover more photos See all

This is a smartphone shot by EdrinSpahiuPhotography

sweet dreams by birazhayalci

Photo by raihann

Christmas by jenniferwitteveen

Shot during a photo walk through the city. On this particular day, large, sterile city objects were not inspiring me. However, this caught my eye by mr_katz_

untitled by jdeblooisphoto

Death of a rose 2 by lisaschnapp

The First Sign of Spring by SWick

Close up of piano keyboard, a Roland Fantom FA-76. by ARReeve

Photo by tomtyson

- Summer 2022 -
by LucileVerne

I took this picture today in the early morning sunrise light. by lukasjonaitis

Photo by me_i_am

Swiss Winter II by The_Dreamcatcher

Macro taken in Costa Rica by Cortez48

Those fall tones of 2019 by gabesimages

One of the rare chances I got to click. by vedech

© Elmer Laahne 2021 by Elmer-Laahne

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.