Autumn Meadowhawk dragonflies (Sympetrum vicinum) are still hanging in there as we approach the end of November. At other times of the year their bright red bodies would stand out, but there are lots of red and brown leaves on the ground now that help to camouflage them when they land. If the dragonflies remain still while on these perches, they are almost undetectable.
I photographed these little beauties on Wednesday at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Amazingly, I used the same telephoto zoom lens for these images that I used to capture shots of a Bald Eagle that same day—check out yesterday’s posting called What’s for dinner? that featured shots of an eagle with a duck that it had captured. The Tamron 150-600mm lens is a really versatile lens that, if I am careful, can capture a wide range of subjects ranging from an eagle in flight to a tiny perched dragonfly.
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