Friday, July 3, 2009

Dragonflies at Qurum Natural Park.

Qurum Natural Park is Considered to be the largest park in Muscat,Oman; The park contains an artificial lake (where we have spotted Grey herons, Egrets) a lovely fountain, play ground for children,many date trees.

















As the sun sets...












During our walks to the park we spotted many dragonflies like the Crimson Darter,Indigo dropwing, the Purple-blushed Darter or Violet Dropwing and the Broad Scarlet.












































































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21 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 3, 2009 at 11:16 PM

    Hello Shantana, I love dragonflies and these are so beautiful. What a great job you did photographing them. This is a lovely park and such a joy for me to see it from so far away. That must be a wonderful place to walk in the evenings.

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  2. ElaineJuly 3, 2009 at 11:39 PM

    Wow! Lovely photos! The park looks delightful. Your dragonflies are much more colorful than what we have here. We have mostly browns, blues and greens. Until this summer I never realized there were so many different kinds of dragonflies.

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  3. Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the GardensJuly 4, 2009 at 12:32 AM

    Beautiful photos of the dragonfly. It is lovely to see so many. As soon as there is water and plants, nature is as its best. A great park for all!

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  4. BrainWorkerJuly 4, 2009 at 1:04 AM

    Great!
    In my photo archive I had photos of absolutely blue dragonflies. As soon I find and post such a photo I will say right away ;-)

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  5. holdingmomentsJuly 4, 2009 at 1:39 AM

    What a beautiful place, and a lovely sun set.
    Amazing colours of the Dragonflies too.
    The red one is stunning.

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  6. SusieJuly 4, 2009 at 2:05 AM

    You got some beautiful pic of the dragonflies. So pretty!

    I always enjoy my visit with you. The area you live is so fun to explore!

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  7. AnonymousJuly 4, 2009 at 2:44 AM

    Dragonflies are such skilled fliers and they perch with such grace - you have captured that so well. Looks like a wonderful place to study them, too.

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  8. Betsy Banks AdamsJuly 4, 2009 at 5:26 AM

    Hi Shantana, WOW--those are the prettiest dragonflies I have ever seen. Love the colors!!!!

    That park must be lots of fun to visit.

    Hope you have a great weekend.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  9. UnknownJuly 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM

    What variety! Loved them all!! The red one still had part of its meal on its mouth!

    The park looks like a great place to visit. Diya must've been so excited! Beautiful shots!

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  10. JRandSueJuly 4, 2009 at 6:41 PM

    Hello Shantana.
    Must say how wonderful your Dragonfies Images are fantastic. Brilliant capture,well done.
    John.

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  11. NatureStopJuly 4, 2009 at 9:11 PM

    Mildred, thanks and this is indeed a beautiful park with a lot of wildlife which we have spotted lately.

    Elaine,thanks.Only once we started shooting dragonflies did we realize they were so many and all of different colours.

    Titania, thanks for your kind words.Much appreciated.

    BrainWorker,thanks and would love to see the blue dragonfly:)

    Keith,thanks.Never realized that the male Crimson Darter is so colourfly and bright whereas the female looks so sober and brown.What a contrast!

    Rob,they are indeed very interesting.Had to google a lot to identify them:)

    Betsy,thanks a ton.The park is huge but with the HOT and humid weather here we really have to sweat it out.

    Kanak, the Crimson Darter was eating an insect:)Diya loves this park with all the play grounds.

    John,thanks for your comments.

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  12. Chandramouli SJuly 5, 2009 at 10:09 AM

    Tell me you did some tweaking in PS to get that red dragonfly! No way! [Just kidding] I mean that looks so.... so.... so! I don't have the right adjective! Yes, I've seen other shades in my fellow blogger friends' posts but this red one really got me jerk my head towards the monitor. Wonderful! Lovely!

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  13. ShySongbirdJuly 5, 2009 at 5:11 PM

    What a spectacular place and I love the dragonflies, the mauve/purple one (immediately below the montage) is my favourite, just beautiful. You do see some wonderful sights, thank you for sharing them :)

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  14. ashsdelicacies.blogspot.caJuly 5, 2009 at 7:45 PM

    Hey first time here...All the clicks are just awesome dear...

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  15. DaveJuly 6, 2009 at 5:55 AM

    I love the dragonflies. More motivation for me to get busy with my macro lens.
    Thanks!

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  16. Femin SusanJuly 6, 2009 at 6:17 AM

    Beautiful........ Thanks for sharing..

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  17. at the cottageJuly 7, 2009 at 2:41 AM

    Baouganvilla and dragonflies...how pretty!

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  18. UnknownJuly 7, 2009 at 5:59 AM

    Beautiful shots of those dragon flies, The sheer variety that you have managed to capture is incredible...Thomas

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  19. Lori annJuly 7, 2009 at 6:49 PM

    What lovely images, so many different types of dragonflies.

    I love the sunset shot, so beautiful

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  20. ChrisJuly 8, 2009 at 12:51 AM

    Wow Gosh the colours of these dragonflies are stunning! Well done, this is a beautiful representation of what is diversity!

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  21. Bargain Decorating with LaurieJuly 9, 2009 at 8:51 AM

    Amazing photos of amazing drangflies. laurie

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