On an earlier walk across Mookerheide, I saw several large dragonflies flying. I decided to return in the morning to hopefully photograph these dragonflies sitting still.
Arriving on the heather, the morning light was really beautiful, but the dragonflies were well hidden. After searching for a long time, I wanted to walk a little further, where I suddenly almost bumped into a dragonfly. The creature had hidden at the bottom of a heather bush, beautifully covered in dewdrops. Only the light there was not pretty. I am used to dragonflies flying around briskly, but this one sat completely still and did not react to my presence. I decided to be bold and gently held my finger against the creature. To my great surprise, the dragonfly climbed on it! I was then able to carefully set it down on a beautiful protruding heather branch, in the middle of the beautiful light. I then had a 15-minute photo session.
In this photo, the backlight gives a nice effect.
Passion for photography, where does something like that come from? The beauty is that every photographer will have their own answer. For me it flows out of being able to freeze a moment, step out of the day-to-day rush, and take my time for what I am.. Read more…