I have the good fortune to work where, at a certain time of year, I see a few squadrons of dragonflies outside the window. One day it seemed that one of them had hapened on an open window and flown in, and died where I could find it. Not having a battery of photographic lenses available to me (camera is basically point-and-shoot) I took advantage of the situation to try a little creative close photography. Click on a picture to see a larger version. The power of the magnifying glass is 8, and its length (open) is 75 mm which is the approximate wingspan of the dragonfly.