Greens, Blacks, and Yellows

    So many dragonflies on Exminster Marshes today. I'm not normally an upbeaty romantic kind of person, BUT it's a privilege to be alive and walk amongt the dragonflies as they flit back and forth along the streams and ponds. I haven't seen one this colour before. I saw lots of dragonflies today that I haven't seen before. This one was my favourite though. Hoping to get some of him flying towards me............

    N.B. This wasn't even taken with my macro lens. I took this with my Sigma 70-200mm f2.8. It's okay at macros, but nothing like as good as my Sigma 150mm macro.

    Comments and faves

    1. barbhogan (36 months ago | reply)

      Great shot! I really love dragon flies.

    2. Rezamink (36 months ago | reply)

      Great shot! it's a Golden Ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster Boltonii)

    3. Fifi 1968 (36 months ago | reply)

      Fabulous capture Richard, beautiful colour and detail :-)

    4. richard.heeks (36 months ago | reply)

      Thanks Rezamink. I'll add that to 'tags' now.

    5. Sandy Macdonald (36 months ago | reply)

      Insect shots rule.

    6. khosey1 (35 months ago | reply)

      Gorgeous dragonfly shot!

    7. neo_aeolus_photo [ +84 918 66 99 74 ] (35 months ago | reply)

      I think that a close up only - not macro.
      The dragon flies is so beautiful.

    8. lee_ciaran, Sandeep Gupta Photography, and Monviso View added this photo to their favorites.

    9. Monviso View (35 months ago | reply)

      fantastic focus and composition. Easy peasy I bet with such stationary subjects (not!)!

    10. Lake Li Sun, curlyhairedgirl, Meginator, and winsher added this photo to their favorites.

    11. Charley Tomkins (29 months ago | reply)

      so good yellow is really effective to background!

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