Excellent shot like the composition
It's a large red BTW I'm hoping to find some next week
Very nice Peter, I like the composition too, maybe a bit more central to avoid clipping the left foreleg would have been perfect, but it's not a big deal.
Hoping to see some of these around me soon. Where did you find this one?
Great shot and agree on the clipped leg, keep up the good work and look forward to more shots from you.
Nice shot Peter, with some very good detail. Agree about the composition comments but other than that very nice.
George.
I can see it now! Nice pic Peter with good detail.
Nice picture Peter... care to share with us your new diffusion setup?
I like the composition - always good to see something different. I dont mind the truncated leg - would have changed the composition if you had attempted to get it all in.
Disagree with it being a large red (eyes are more stripey on a large red). I would guess at a blue tailed damselfly - but it is hard to be sure given how little we can see.
Very nice shot - I don't believe it was a large red either.
The eyes of teneral (newly emerged) Odonata (Damselflies & Dragonflies) are not always the colour they become.
Also, the trouble with using diffusers is that they usually deaden the eyes and this matt effect doesn't help identification in the absence of other photos.
Stating where this Damselfly was photographed will also help identification. Large Red Damselfies (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) are usually the first to emerge in the UK and the 2015 flight season is later than last year.
Thanks all. I do not have any other shots showing more plus I spotted several different types on the wing at Blashford Lakes reserve in Hampshire that day, including blue-tails and possible common blue/azures