AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
BEAUTIFUL DEMOISELLE MALE
Britain's largest and most attractive damselfly is found along streams in the New Forest. I noticed the potential for a composition of the damselfly resting on bracken against a dark background created by the shadow of adjacent woodland. It took some time before a male alighted in the position I had in mind and stayed there as I approached with a 100mm macro lens.
F/11, 125th second, ISO 200
Accepted: Olympic (Greece) 2015 - Hermes, Port Talbot 2015