Red Beauty

[jomike]

I have been seeing Damselflies for about a month now, but I haven't been able to get a good shot of one until today. I had the Sigma 70-300APO on when I saw this one, so I couldn't get any closer than 1:2, but I think it shows the damsel's beautiful red colour nicely.

Large Red Damselfly male.

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 400

 

[eosjohn]

Nice shot, great composition and colour well captured.

 

[crazylady]

Lovely stuff!