Hey, you are a newbie. Thank you so much for your comments on my Dragonfly photos, and most of all for telling me the names of them. They are all over my backyard in the Summer, buzzing around with the Butterflys. I feel blessed to just walk outside on my own property and get these good photos. Anyway, Welcome to Caedes Steve, you will have a good time here and make alot of friends. Hope to here again from you soon.

Welocme to Caedes Steve, I am glad purple emperor encouraged you to drop by. I didn't know this spectacular purple butterfly is one of the largest and most elusive woodland species, hiding themselves high in the tree canopy; until I have found some info in the internet. I guess I was lucky to catch it drinking water from a puddle. Stay tuned

Ewa

Nice to see you among ones who responded to my favourite insect uploads. We learn new things all the time, lol. No wonder so many friends were curious to see "mating dragonflies". The "position" in my photo is called the "mating wheel". I suppose shameless dragonflies will never advance to the permanent gallery... What a waste for future generations, lol.


Did you see this?

Ewa

Dear Steve,

Nice to see you among ones who responded to my obscene insect uploads. Your warm feedback on "mating season" brought me much pleasure. I try to get as close to these bugs as possible, sometimes even intereferring with their private life, lol. They seem to have nothing against it and sometimes even reward me with a nice pose...

Take care
Ewa

Hey Steve,

Thanks for the comments on 'Fast Water' very much appreciated. I had a Coolpix awhile back but I don't think it did any manual settings.

Wow, you have no idea, how much you made me happy with your comments about view from a bridge. I feel very proud right now. Thanks a lot!

Thanks again for telling what you feel about king or queen? much appreciated. Next time I will focuse more on the thing on the wall, instead of "proofing" that it is on a simple house. I promise.

Hi, Steve....so nice to meet you! Thanks so much for weighing in with such nice comments on "ET Go Home?" I value knowing that you liked it! Wen

Thanks for dropping by 'Dreamy Photo' Steve....No this is a place that runs off 'High-Force' and runs into the river Wear at Barnard Castle, In Co Durham!

The area is named 'Bowlee's' up in Teesdale!..........Bob

Thank you Steve, for your comment on"thank you Canada" !
Very much appreciated!
John

No don't work for the tourist board. But maybe, if I learn a little bit more, I might ask them for a job. :-) Thanks again for your nice words.

Hi Steve, glad you liked "Here I stand" come on out here and take some photos. Dragonflys are everywhere right in my back yard.

Thank you for your comment on "Fighting fire" this is not my photo, a friend of mine at work just bought a Nikon D-200 camera and 18mm-200mm lens, he asked me to post this for him, since I have showed him all of the great photos here, he is very happy with all the great comments and will become a member soon, I will let you know when he does.

Thanks for the Water-Falls comments Steve.....taken the same area as 'Dreamy Photo....Near to high Force!...and yeah..I'm always known as the 'Fall Guy?...not because of the Autumn though????.....I have a reputation on here for getting injured when out taking phto's................Cheers for the visits...........Bob

Thanks for commenting on "God's Living Rainbow" and "Other Side of the Fence". Your comments are greatly appreciated. I'm about to take a look at your gallery. Hope you have a nice day!

Hello Steve. Thank you for your comments about “Scarlet.” and “Taking A Bow”. My knowledge of these amazing creatures is somewhat limited. It is however increasing because I enjoy the challenge of photographing them. They can present some odd problems, like the one that insisted on sitting on my lens. I never worked out how to photograph him :-)

Hey Steve,

Thanks for the comments on 'Something Special' I really appreciate it. How did I do it? Come close to your monitor...*whispers*....it's a secret.

Hey again Steve,

Thanks for the comments on 'A Special Look at Tim's Pond' very much appreciated. I'd tell you but I'm on the phone right now....

Hello Steve, Thank you for visiting my Eagle pic!:) I am flattered. Your words mean very much to me! Terri/MM

Hi and thanks so much Steve for viewing and commenting on "Powder". I read your profile and viewed your gallery. Very impressive. Glad you stopped by- Eileen

Hey Steve,

Thanks for the comments on 'Up Close' very much appreciated. It's not a plug-in it's a method someone else has developed and is done in Photoshop.

Hi Steve, thank you for taking a look at Happiness Fan and such a nice comment! Yes, I always work with LH side free or darker for Icons, as I have collected or made my own set and I like to see them! :)
anawhisp

Thanks for your kind comments about 222 Years. I was simply lucky with this wonderful sky. If the sky is grey, I have the same troubles as you had. On the day, I made the picture 222 Years, it was pretty cold, but the sky .... perfect.

Thanks for Forest Greens mate....No, this was taken at the beginning of September....and was 'languishing' in my 'Rubbish' folder?......Cheers.....Bob

Hey Steve,

Thanks for the comments on 'Rain Forest Waterfall' very much appreciated.

Hey again Steve,

Thanks for the comments on 'Iron Creek in the Fall' I really appreciate it. I would never consider you an idiot.

Hey some more Steve,

Thanks for the comments on 'Lower Falls Revisited' much appreciated.

It feels good, that you allow me to be your teacher. Smile. Thanks for your comments on Vivaldi. I know about the cars and will try it from a different angle in spring.

Laphroaic....Glenmorangie....and a 20 year old!, you probably don't know..called Blair Kildon!...from a private distilary near Helmsdale on the Strath of Kildonnan...
I collect malts,I have about 34 in my collection at the moment...NONE opened!....and after doing 'Bullseye' I nearly drank em all?.....cheers for the visit mate!

Thanks Steve for commenting on my picture "The Dragon" I usually have a long zoom on the camera when I go to the pond so good photos of Dragon flies are an accident.

Bob

Hey Steve n thx for the comment on sibilings , glad you liked it.
These are grassland mushrooms so light isn't a problem . I do take scissors for trimming the grass arround the mushroom and use a small reflector screen ( a white piece of paper ) to get some light underneath .

Me again , no i don't use flash for macro's .

Thank you very much for your kind comments on Down Town. Yes, the people in our city's government have some good ideas. If I could speak that good about my countries government also ... But glad, you came by.

And I am back: Also thank you for your comments about Town Hall Man. Vienna is full of funny and crazy little storys and I try to remember them, when I post a shot. Great you like them.

Thankee Steve for Country Blues....We do get weather like at least twice a year?....
You mention Red Kites....all around my area, and I ain't seen one yet, never mind photo'ed one!...I will...one fine day! Now that wont be until next April...I think!

Fountain's Abbey! well worth the visit mate....National Trust place....nowt, if yer a member...but a tenner if yer not!.....will take a full day to see the best of it!....better take a few sarnies with you!...thanks for poppin in!

Hi, Steve. Thanks for your enthusiastic feedback on "Lost and Found!" I've given up on c-index providing any reliable gage of anything on Caedes. Hence, it's comments like yours that make me feel like it's worthwhile to keep uploading images here. Thanks again and Happy Holidays! Wen

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Number 22' very much appreciated.

Hey again Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Grove of the Patriarchs' I really do appreciate it. And thanks for the congrats. If I can remember I will download one of your dragonflys and give it a go. This effect doesn't work on everything.

Hey some more Steve me mate,

Thanks for the commnts on 'Yakima River (fluffed)' very much appreciated.

Hi there, thanks for your comment on my copper and pink! Thanks for letting me know it was a comma! I wasnt sure and someone else told me! so i took them at their word lol!
Glad you enjoyed it anyway! Jan

Today I talked with my husband about Only a stone's throw, since it is the pic of mine, that has the highest c-index. Chris said, I would have such a higher one, if there would be a blue sky and I said, I still like it, since Vienna is often a little bit dark and depressive. But I promised him - and so I can promise you too - that I will do this shot again on a sunny day. Maybe it will take till spring, but I will. Let's see, if it will win than. Thank you for your lovely comment.

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Dog Lake' very much appreciated.

Hey again Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Into the Clouds' I really appreciate it. Get them boots on...let's go!

Hey some more Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Low Water' very much appreciated. I am blessed to have all this but as you said I have to seek a lot of it out.

Thx steve for your kind comments on my work . Yes i would like to know the name of the Caterpillar so please send it to the experts :-)
Kristof.

Dear Steve! Thanks for the comment and we had both styles of weather. It was wonderful on Thursday, dark and foggy on Friday and cold and foggy and wet this weekend. We also do not have a lot of leaves anymore, only in the Inner City, since the wind does not find a way inside. Glad you came by.

Oh, this blue sky was a two day wonder, which is already over. But I am glad, you liked Angel.

I am glad, you liked The Major. I have a picture, that shows the statue as a whole, but I do not think, that it looks as good, with that long naked part in the middle.

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Inside Eden 2' very much appreciated. I hardly ever see Dragonflies and when I do they are going 100mph. Besides I only see wide angle.

Hey again Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Giant Cedars' I really appreciate it.

Hey some more Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Backwater Bridge' and 'Snoqualmie River' I really appreciate it.

And some more Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Bluffs' much appreciated.

Went to St Ives....and did not like it much!...went there in June...and it was overcast and hazy most of the week...hardly had a decent image form the shots I took!..
4into one was done in Serif's Panorama plus...and it's a 'doddle' to use!....Download version one it's 'free'?

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Peek a Boo' very much appreciated. At high altitude the sky actually gets that blue. I got some shots up in the mountains yesterday that have some really blue sky.

Hey again Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Watch Your Head' very much appreciated.

Hi there, Steve!

It took me a while to figure out how you'd come across my gallery and then I realised you're the creator of that beautiful Adonis Blue butterfly photo, which I commented on earlier.

Thanks a million for leaving positive feedback on 'Shady Olive Grove'... photographed in early May this year on Corfu (I adore the Greek Islands - my second favourite place on earth - the first being the Cape Peninsula in South Africa).

Grateful thanks too for your kind comments on 'Knarled Old Tree', which stands in the grounds of Egglestone Hall Gardens in North Yorkshire.

You've some terrific close-ups of bugs there in your gallery. Keep up the good work, especially on behalf of the Wiltshire dragonflies!!

Kind regards,
Anne-Marie

I like your kind words about Wonderful day and I also like the idea with the puzzle. Thank you.

Great seeing you in my galerie again. What you've said about Need a ride? was so kind and wonderful. Thanks a lot. I just start thinking about a carieer as tour guide. Smile.

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'A Nice Pose' very much appreciated.

Hey again Steve,

Thanks for the comments on 'Reaching the Pinnacle' I really do appreciate it. I can't take credit for the procedure someone else came up with it. Had I done it I would never tell.

Hi Steve, I do appreciate you taking the time to comment on my photo "Ready to jump" I am glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for ~Going to Ruin~ Steve.....I am always grateful when you call by..........Bob

Hi Steve!......your comments to ~Light & Colours~ are much appreciated.
This is a part of our famous Hamsterly Forest! Where 'David Bellamy' lives?.....The waters could possibly come off the moorlands as they are close by!.........thank you..Bob.

I am very glad you enjoyed ~Rocky Shore~ Steve.......thank you for those lovely comments....Part of the River wear....taken very near to Witton-le-Wear! on the A68.....Bob

Hi Steve,
Thanks for you kind comment on my picture " mountains on Isle Skye", it is appreciate it well. Your recommendation to take away the piles finds I also but the clonen not yet succeed me so that the photograph remains beautiful. A shall try to make it better.
Wil

Hi, Steve - - thanks so much for taking the time to comment on "Somewhere Between Venus and Mars!" Your comments inspired me..means a lot to know that you liked it! Wen

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Let it Snow' very much appreciated.

Great you felt about Silence as I did and thanks again for all your comments.

Thanks for ~Natures Tapestry~ Steve...this was taken a couple of weeks ago!


Thanks for ~Natures Tapestry~ Steve...this was taken a couple of weeks ago!
I 'hiccupped too'?

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Winter at Goose Prairie' I really appreciate it.

Cheers for ~'Bolam Beauty~' mate....Yeah, still learning the 'fundamentals of RAW...but I cant say that I will take all my shots like this!...It don't half 'chew' your bloody memory card up?......appreciated.....

Appreciate those kind comments to ~'Bolam Sunrise~' mucker.....Bloody P*** down?....thanks.

Hey Steve thx for the comments.
No translocation Steve -; but i do clean up arround the mushrooms and use scissors to trim the grass. And i bought an angle view finder wich has made it a lot simpler to get low and angle my shots upwards.

Kristof.

Thanks for your comment on Madhouse Tower. I made two pictures of this building, the one you know and one, where you can see it as a whole. I do not think, the building itself ist that beautiful, so I posted the one with the trees, but one day I will for sure post the other one too.

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Snow' very much appreciated. No foofy.

Hi, Steve. Thanks for your gracious comments on "Migraine." You can download the program for Apophysis free. It's something of a tedious program, but, when you "hit" on something, it's a great experience. You can download it from here (download the Zip file): http://gygrazok.altervista.org/apo.php

Again, it's a finicky program, but find the EDITOR (Top Menu Bar) and move the triangles and dots around and see what you come up with. LOL! Wen

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Winter Cabin' very much appreciated.

Hello Steve, It gave me great pleasure to read your generous comments on my Dragonfly. Thank you for the info and yes, it was a very hot day when I took this picture. It has been a great dragonfly and butterfly year.

Sincere thanks for visiting ~Not-What-You-Think~ Steve...thanks for the info...not that I was that close to to 'sniffing' it?........Grateful.....Bob

Appreciate your kind comments to ~Enter & Enjoy~ M8........thank you.....Bob

Thanks a lot for visiting Unknown Beauty and thank you also, for your story about it. It sounds wonderful, I like it.

It is so nice, that you thank me for posting - I thank you for viewing Universitate Vindobonensi!

Thank you Steve for your comment on "Hummingbird Feeding" I realy think that is the last one for the year, maybe...well, who knows.

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Minty Fresh' very much appreciated.

Hey again Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Snowy River' I really appreciate it.

Hey there Stevey buddy.....
grateful for the comments to 'Moving Car'.....thanks ...Bob

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Chillin' very much appreciated. Now that's prose.

Thank you ( insert name here ) for your nice comment on ( insert name of photo here ) I am so glad you enjoyed it.......just bored and trying to be funny tonight with the generic thank you. I liked your comment on "Until next Spring" Thank's Steve, I can't wait until they return.

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Snow Jungle' I really appreciate it. Oh anything can happen up here. They have what is called Chinook winds, warm air that comes in and blows large quantities of snow out in a hurry and causes flooding. That's why some of these lakes are drained in winter, they handle flood water.

Glad you liked my salvaged "A Moths Day" picture Steve. Yes it is easy to get discouraged with your shots when they turn out less than you desired them to be. I figured it couldn't hurt to work a little art on them. Go ahead and give a try on some of your discards and see what you can come up with.

Thankee for Wreck & Ruin Steve mate!.....Yeah, those dogs woulda had me, if I set foot under the wire!......There was a lot of boat work going on in there!

Hey there Steve...thanks a lot for those kind comments to '~Woody-Close~'....
HDR...*High Definition Resolution*.....
photoshop has it in!...click on 'search' and you will find it.....always appreciated.........Bob

I am glad, you liked Welcome back, Anita! She was also happy with it, so this is good. Thanks for your comment.

Hey Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Winter on Old Scab' very much appreciated.

Hey again Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Cool Whip' very much appreciated.

Hey some more Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Winter on the Bumping River' I really appreciate it. I think the name stems from Bumping Lake and the fact it is full of stumps and the boats 'bump' into them.

And again Steve me mate,

Thanks for the comments on 'Snowy Hillside' very much appreciated.

Thanks for your kind comment about Advent Magic. I can use it - since the pic has a c-index of 19!

Thanks a lot Steve for visiting Gate Posts and Egglestone Abbey......appreciated