The same Fine-lined Emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora filosa) was photographed while it perched on grasses located in two shady places along one of the trails at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Prince William County, Virginia USA.
This individual is a male, as indicated by his terminal appendages and prominent hamules.
Set 3
A busy background of thigh-high grasses made it challenging to find a pleasing composition.
16 SEP 2017 | Occoquan Bay NWR | Fine-lined Emerald (male)
Set 4
Photo Set 4 is my favorite, in terms of both quantity and quality. The dragonfly is shown perching on a grass stem that is estimated to be more than six feet high.
16 SEP 2017 | Occoquan Bay NWR | Fine-lined Emerald (male)
The next three photos are uncropped, that is, full-size images (4,000 x 3,000 pixels). This individual has a distinctive eye injury to the top of his left eye (facing forward) that enabled me to recognize the same male dragonfly is the subject in all four photo sets.
16 SEP 2017 | Occoquan Bay NWR | Fine-lined Emerald (male)
16 SEP 2017 | Occoquan Bay NWR | Fine-lined Emerald (male)
16 SEP 2017 | Occoquan Bay NWR | Fine-lined Emerald (male)
Did you notice the male Big Bluet damselfly (Enallagma durum) that photo-bombed the preceding image?
The last photo was cropped lightly in order to improve the composition, and Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 was used to remove a distracting element from the lower-right corner of the image.
16 SEP 2017 | Occoquan Bay NWR | Fine-lined Emerald (male)
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Tags: Family Corduliidae (Emeralds), Fine-lined Emerald dragonfly, hamules, male, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Somatochlora filosa, terminal appendages
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