Week 18 by Robin

Laughing Dragonfly

A happy little fellow! Found him in my front yard. I took this shot from below. I wish the background was simple, but maybe the brown house, green leaf and blue reflected in a window doesn't detract from the subject too much. 

Week 16 by Judy

Mosquito Hawk

Went to Viera Wetlands this afternoon for the first time. Neat place. I took this photo from my car. Actually, I'm surprised how well it came out considering the distance I was from the dragonfly. My husband calls dragonflies, mosquito hawks, because they love to eat mosquitoes, which is a wonderful thing. This is a Halloween Pennant dragonfly. I took this with my 18-250mm zoom. Cropped, sharpened the dragonfly, and applied Topaz mild detail filter.