I do like species that self identify – has a club tail, sits on lily pads, I wonder what it could be? The 840mm focal length comes in handy on shots like this
Like the Dasher they perch clear of the background
An Eastern-Pondhawk male partway to being a adult. I just love the colour of the image hence its title. The out of focus “thing” behind the dragonfly was not in the right colour palette, I learned quite a bit about Lightroom trying to get it to blend in
