When I spotted a red dragonfly in flight while exploring the botanical garden in Brussels, I immediately gave chase. Unfortunately the dragonfly chose to perch on a weathered wooden fence a good distance away. Unable to get any closer to the dragonfly, I did my best to incorporate the fence into the composition.
I kept looking later in the day for the elusive red dragonfly, which looks a little like the Autumn Meadowhawk dragonfly that I see in my home area, but I never saw it again.
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Mike Powell 
amazing photography
Very nice composition in that bottom photo, Mike. I think it’s good you couldn’t get closer.
Thanks, Dan. Most of the time I have either a macro or a telephoto lens on my camera and I try to fill as much of my frame with the subject as I can. It’s nice to have to have been forced to pull back and take in the bigger picture.