Macro shots of a dragonfly and butterfly

I really like macro photography. It shows a world we normally can't see and small details suddenly become clear. Especially when shooting insects, macro shots show tiny hairs, wing patterns and curly tongues.
That is when you have the right equipment and you have a lot of patience. Because my experience with macro photography is that you have lot of shots that don't have the focus on the right spot. This is because a lot of insects just don't sit still, but also the plants they are on are moving because of the wind.

This afternoon I took over hundred shots of insects in my backyard and I only have a hand full of them that I really like. I'll show them in this blog.

At fist I noticed this yellow/brown dragonfly. Normally I spot these insects near water and I don't have any water at all in my backyard, so I was surprised to see one. I really like the compound eyes of dragonflies. These are made of thousands of tiny lenses. Unfortunately I don't have the equipment to show them with even more details.