Tight-rope walker

many attempts to get a shot of a dragonfly today. Eventually got this one after my youngest daughter spotted one on this rope running along a floating boardwalk at the Maplewood nature center.

We thought it looked like it was trying to balance on a tightrope.

[gloria jones]

Terrific, clear shot...great details, pov

[Richard Hickey]

Stunning macro.

[Heather K]

@seattlite @agedrunner thanks so much. It was really neat to watch, it was literally teetering back and forth in the wind trying to balance.

[Kahsia]

They are hard to photograph. Nice capture.

[Heather K]

@moonmtn thanks Kahsia

[elkehochban]

Awesome catch!

[Babs]

Fantastic, should be in the circus. fav.

[sally agnew]

Fabulous :)

[Heather K]

@elkereturns Thank you

[Heather K]

@onewing thanks!

[Heather K]

@hermann thanks so much Sally

[Merrelyn]

Lovely wing detail :)

[Faye Turner]

Wonderful capture! fav

[carol white]

Beautifully captured. Fav!! 😀

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful lace wings and impressive focus

[John]

A very nice capture of this unusual dragonfly! Well done!

[Stephanie]

Wonderful capture.

[Lois]

Great focus with so many details!

[wendy frost]

Super capture and details.

[Heather K]

@merrelyn thanks a lot Merrelyn

[Heather K]

@fayefaye @carolmw @wendyfrost @stephanies thanks so much for the nice comments and faves

[Heather K]

@loweygrace @congaree @congaree thank you for the great comments. I am still figuring out my macro lens and took a few shots before it flew away a final time. Hard to focus when it was wiggling its wings back and forth.

[Taffy]

Wonderful title and a great capture with terrific details in the wings.

[Casablanca]

Excellent! Looks a little nervous walking along that tightrope, clinging to the rope!

[Gayle]

Fabulous dragonfly capture! Excellent focus! Fav! :-)

[Catherine]

Really beautiful. So much detail and I like the yellow background. It seems to tone very well with the black. I have never managed a photo of a dragonfly - I live in hope! fav

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[Heather K]

@taffy thank you

[Heather K]

@casablanca thanks! It was teetering back and forth, using it's wings for balance.

[Heather K]

@gaylewood Thanks so much Gayle

[Heather K]

@megpicatilly Thank you Catherine. It took me many attempts! The background was lilypads on a pond. I just lucked out that it wanted to walk along the rope.

[Heather K]

@mittens Thank you Marilyn

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely capture fav!

[Heather K]

@ziggy77 thank you Jo

[Mandy]

The lacy wings are exquisite!

[Heather K]

@mandygravil thanks so much Mandy