Dramatic dragonfly

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Dramatic dragonfly

August 21, 2015 by Mike Powell

I love the dramatic lighting, the graphic quality, and the simple composition of this shot of a male Widow Skimmer dragonfly (Libellula luctuosa) that I took earlier this month at Jackson Miles Abbot Wetlands at Fort Belvoir, a nearby military installation here in Virginia.

There is a real beauty in simplicity.

Posted in Art, Dragonflies, Insects, Nature, Photography | Tagged Canon 50D, Fort Belvoir VA, Jackson Miles Abbot Wetlands Refuge, Libellula luctuosa, Tamron 150-600mm telephoto, Widow Skimmer, Widow Skimmer dragonfly | 7 Comments

7 Responses

on August 21, 2015 at 7:52 am | Reply Victor Rakmil

Lovely.
- on August 22, 2015 at 4:40 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, VIctor.
on August 21, 2015 at 7:58 am | Reply waltersanford

Odonartistic, Mike!
on August 21, 2015 at 8:09 am | Reply Sammy D.

Very cool. I saw one with transparent wings like this a couple days ago but couldn’t capture a decent photo. I’m curious what your (perfect) background was (dark leaf)?
- on August 21, 2015 at 12:56 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks. I think the background was a combination of shadows and leaves that sort of blended together.
on August 24, 2015 at 12:59 am | Reply Charlie@Seattle Trekker

The transparency of the wings makes this such a spectacular shot. You got such amazing results with such technically difficult circumstances.
- on August 24, 2015 at 4:40 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Charlie. I think the specific lighting condition helped to emphasize the transparency of the wings that you noted.