Calopteryx virgo by lastrami_

Calopteryx virgo

Lovely colour!
June 16th, 2019  
Instant fav! I can not get them to stay still long enough to focus a camera on them. What did you use to take this shot with?
June 16th, 2019  
Stunning, that colour. ...wow
June 16th, 2019  
@radiogirl @momamo Many thanks :) Yes, I was delighted to see these blue ones near the Midland Canal (Lower Saxony, Germany). This was the very first time.
June 16th, 2019  
@grannysue Heartfelt thanks! I saw this dragonfly species for the first time, they are so lovely. Taken with a zoom lens (55-250mm) and cropped later. It was impossible to get really close to them, they were flying above a culvert with a scarp. Sometimes they sat down for two or three seconds.
I watched them through the viewfinder – my finger on the release button – to waste no time. No good image qualitiy, but better than nothing :)
It was a sunny afternoon – bad time to take dragonfly photos, because they are very busy by day ... I'm not an early bird ;)
June 16th, 2019  
incredible details and colours! wow
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June 16th, 2019  
@ninaganci Thank you so much, dear Nina. Unfortunately I couldn't get closer (and it's not really sharp). But I was so glad to find them :)
June 18th, 2019  
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