The emperor dragonfly

Observed at the pond in the evening. I think it's a female deposing eggs.

[julia]

Great reflection..

[Issi Bannerman]

Wonderful colours.

[CC Folk]

That looks big!!!

[Marloes]

Wonderful catch and comp! Fav

[Joan Robillard]

Cool refection

[Wylie]

They are so hard to shoot as they never stop moving! Congratulations on this shot!

[Carolinesdreams]

So beautiful! Gorgeous creature and nicely photographed.

[Mags]

Beautiful pattern and color on it's back!

[Babs]

Isn't he gorgeous.

[Peter Dulis]

lovely

[Merrelyn]

Lovely capture.

[Kate]

Nice capture

[KV]

Very cool looking dragonfly… love the colors.

[Humphrey Hippo]

Love the colours!

[Kitty Hawke]

Such pretty colours.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Super capture and great detail on the wings. FAV

[Peter H]

Well, that's a good catch.

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture and reflection

[KWind]

Wow... great capture!

[gloria jones]

Great capture

[Jean]

She’s so colorful

[Heather]

Great colours- everything! And excellent leading lines of the grasses!

[RonM]

Wow. Such patience! How big are they?

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good shot- I guess that's only time you can get them to slow down long enough to get a good picture. You nailed this one.

[Carrie Shepeard]

Beautiful dragonfly. Nice close-up!

[Ryan]

So beautiful, great capture

[*lynn]

Nice capture, composition, colors

[Kathy]

Almost invisible in its environment.

[haskar]

@milestonevisualmedia It is the largest dragonfly found in Central Europe. Its body length is up to 9 cm and one wing can be up to 5 cm long.

[Krista Marson]

I just read an article about dragonflies are losing their wing colors: https://www.cbs46.com/dragonflies-are-losing-their-wing-color-because-of-climate-change-study-shows/article_d4bdeecb-c76d-59a2-b90a-17ba2e162e69.html

[haskar]

@blueberry1222 Thank you Krista. I cannot open this link because "The page you are attempting to access is not available in your country". Such times!