Drama In The Skies

Another one of those rare shots that I just happened to come across.

It had been raining all morning and the sky was just clearing when the sun dipped behind this cloud creating some really interesting light.

Again, I was out shooting dragonflies when I saw this scene that I just had to capture. It was amazing. Believe me when I say that pictures don't do justice to that amazing scene.

The Tower On The Hill

Another one from my ongoing series "The Tower On The Hill".

A few months back I would have never thought that I would be taking so many pictures of this particular tower. I never had and I never thought I would but this has provided so many new opportunities that I actually think I missed out in the past.

Anyway, what's done is done and there is the future to look to.

The Acrobat

With no stunning sunsets lately I've looked at photographing other things. Sadly there are a lot of new buildings coming up and so they've started clearing and digging up the land so that means very little wildlife here. I haven't seen an adult Oriental Garden Lizard in a long time and I miss those beautiful creatures already. I saw a juvenile today and that was pretty cool.

Anyway dragonflies make interesting subjects. They're really great - so many varieties too. Of course photographing them can sometimes be quite the challenge but one good shot more than makes up for it all.

This particular fellow wasn't the patient kind (or maybe it's just me). It kept flying around without sitting for more than a few seconds in one places. That's where the SX50 HS really comes in handy because of it's massive zoom.

Usually I like to get up close but this time it kinda seemed impossible so zooming in was the only option. It worked out well so that's good.

Reaching Out

Clouds fascinate me. Especially when they are so very beautiful.

It was really hot and the sun was directly overhead but I decided to still go and take a few pictures of dragonflies and it paid off. These clouds blocked the sun and the rays just burst forth from behind the clouds making it really pretty.

The blue was still very vibrant and I haven't seen anything like that before. It was amazing!

Silver Lining

"Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining"
That's what I was thinking when I took this shot.

The dark, stormy cloud with the sun behind it creating a nice golden border just looked out of this world.

Would have loved to get a shot of the entire cloud (which was massive) but the buildings blocked the view.

Anyway what I was able to get wasn't half bad so I'm actually quite happy.

Sun Bathing

You'll find a lot of these dragonflies out and about when the sun is shining. That, to me was strange in the beginning because we were always taught in school that dragonflies come out only when it's about to rain.

Of course that proved to be false, like so many other things they tell us and I'm glad that it isn't true.

If it was then I wouldn't have been able to get this particular picture.
This dragonfly stayed pretty still till I took this picture and then it just flew off.

I was amazed by the details in the wings and the entire dragonfly when I zoomed in after I'd copied the pictures to my computer. Just goes to show how amazing God's creation really is :)

The Light Shines

I just love capturing beams of light in my pictures. It's adds a certain dynamic to the picture and makes it stand out.

During a recent visit to a hill station I saw this gigantic beam of light shining on the hill. It looked like God was reaching down to tell us something and if we listened hard enough, we'd be able to hear what He wanted to say.

The sky was overcast (as you can tell) but this particular beam of light was just amazing. It had to be captured :)