Dragonflies, damselflies, birds, landscapes, etc.

[lark_ascends]

I've kept on forgetting to post to here/not had enough time to, so here's a backlog of a lot of photos. All 800 pixels wide. Australia.




Red and Blue Damselfly.




Black-faced Percher Dragonfly















Male Wandering Percher Dragonfly



Female Scarlet Percher Dragonfly





Female Wandering Percher Dragonfly, 10 March 2011








Taken 15 May 2008, Sydney, Australia.

As we had such a cool summer that year, most of the orb weavers didn't get enough time to collect food, so they all went nuts with the web building to get enough food. There was some giant webs which were beautiful on a rare dewy morning.



Banksia



Water Skink



Kookaburra from 2009



Gum Trees, April 2011



View from Cape Tourville, Tasmania, Australia, August 2008



View from Norm's Lookout, Tasmania
Taken 2 Aug 2008. Norm's Lookout is near Ringarooma, and from it you can also see Ralphs Falls. I got bad vertigo standing at this lookout, but it was worth it. I think it was starting to rain/sleet/snow when we were there.



Manly, Sydney, 26 July 2008



Purple Swamphen, 4 Jan 2011



Chinese Gardens of Friendship, Sydney, 12 Dec 2010



Sunset, 16 Jan 2007
Taken when Comet McNaught was in Sydney's skies. This was the beautiful sunset we had before McNaught appeared.

Comments

[weaverbird]

Wow.

I am enthralled by the wings - such delicacy and beauty! And such great shots you got of them.

And the landscapes are glorious!

Thanks for posting.

[lark_ascends]

Thank you!

[sid]

Lovely stuff. The view from Cape Tourville is so sharp and clear that my brain expected to hear and smell the ocean. :-)

[lark_ascends]

Thank you!

[ellarien]

Great shots! I love the giant spiderweb.

[lark_ascends]

Thank you!

[loligo]

Wonderful pictures! The swamp hen and her chick are adorable.

[lark_ascends]

Thank you!

[haruka]

Wow, those are some great close-ups of the dragonflies.

[lark_ascends]

Thank you!

[white_rabbit]

These are all absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing. :)

[lark_ascends]

Thank you!

[holyschist]

Oh, the water skink is ADORABLE. What a great shot.

[lark_ascends]

Thank you!

[lonesome_george]

Ah! That Kookaburra has such a cheeky glint in its eye! :D

[lark_ascends]

Thank you! I think the kookaburra was boiling more than anything (it was a hot day and it was sitting with its beak open), but it does look like there's a cheeky glint.

[ironed_orchid]

Love the dragonfly pictures.

[lark_ascends]

Thank you!

[dratinis]

Wow, these are beautiful! My favorite was the spider web. I don't think I've ever seen one that large :O

[lark_ascends]

Thank you!! Some of the webs were insane!