Brian Ellwood, Dragonfly (ANIMAL & NATURE 2022)

This Australian emperor dragonfly was exploring the flowers in our garden so I quickly grabbed my camera and macro lens. There was alight shower of rain halfway through shooting and I love the effect of the raindrops on the wings and body.

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