A dragonfly

I heard Miki making chattering noises, and I went to check out the object of her attention. Turns out it was a dragonfly. I could have whipped out my macro lens, but this little creature was up on my ceiling light. So I used the 55-250mm lens and zoomed in (the lens, not me).

I balanced myself (albeit shakily) and shot upwards, but it was a giant pain trying to get the camera to hold steady. I basically stopped breathing just to try and stop the extra movement. Luckily, the image stabilization on this lens works like a charm.