Sunday, August 15, 2010

The Sunday Creative: Ethereal


"Ethereal"




"Wings of Change"

Ethereal
:
adj 1.Celestial, Heavenly 2. Exceptionally delicate: airy, dainty


We watched the dragonflies at the cottage last week in amazement. Just before dusk on a hot humid evening I saw darting shadows on the floor of the porch where I was sitting reading. I looked out the window to see what it was. There were more large dragonflies moving around than I had ever seen in one spot before. By time it got just a little darker it went from hundreds of dragonflies to only a couple of shadows flashing past my window.

The dragonflies I saw are only one phase of the little things lives. It is a transformation that leads from an aquatic nymph stage which can last for years and years to the delicate stage of life when it takes flight for only a couple of months until it lays it's eggs and the cycle begins anew.



6 comments:

  1. oh my word, this shot is BREATHTAKING! perfect for this prompt...great capture!

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  2. Very cool shot! Perfect interpretation!

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  3. Love it! Dragonflies are so strangely beautiful.

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  4. What a great capture! I can never catch things like this without them being hopelessly blurry!

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  5. This is so beautiful...and reminds me how much I miss The Sunday Creative. I don't know how you got this photo. I love your explanation of the circumstances too...sounds dreamy :) Weekend at the lake with dragonflies!

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