THE 40D HEATS UP!

Annika1980 wrote:
Temperatures rose above the 100°F mark today in the Scenic City so you
know what that means. Dragonflies!
I figure if you're gonna be hot you might as well go down to the local
swamp and get really hot!

Here's a few shots from today's lunch hour:

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/100540259/original

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/100540260

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/100540261

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/100540262

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/100540263

And with the sun so high in the sky, it is a perfect time to click off
an infrared shot.

http://www.pbase.com/image/100540264

Who Rules lunch hours? It's the Awesome 40D, of course!

Interesting pictures of interesting insects. About 30 years ago I saw
one of the heavy-bodied type in a territorial with one of the darning
needle type(just like your blue). The larger one caught the slender one
right behind its head. It fell about two feet into the water and was
just a very small crumpled mass by the time it hit. I wish I could have
gotten my Canon FTBn going in time to catch the action. I did get one
territorial fight picture at about the same time. Two green lizards,
variously called axolotls, anoles and (incorrectly) chameleons fighting
to the death on a palmetto leaf. The winner had the loser by the neck,
with blood streaming down. I'm sorry to say that I was never able to get
a good scan of it.
Allen