Wednesday, August 18, 2010

How to Photograph a Dragonfly

How to Photograph a Dragonfly

Go to a lake or stream
where you could happily sit for hours.
Glimpse the dragonfly-blue flash
as you wade through the ever-changing
gallery of ancient abstract masters.

Take endless photos of rocks, trees,
water and kaleidoscopic reflections
until beauty spills out of your pores
like through a kitchen sieve while 
the blurred glint of dragonfly
streaks just out of view.

Leave renewed.
Repeat as needed.

2 comments:

  1. Wonderful image, Joyce. It makes me happy just to look at it. How the colors shimmer.

    Diane has a photo on her poetry site this morning that captures colors of boats in the water. Another instance of two pairs of eyes looking for an finding beauty.

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  2. It is a wonderful image --- and great instructions too!

    I feel refreshed and renewed as well!

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