Hand held at my garden pond, this is the female, the male is blue in colouration. She is ovipositing on the moss laden sandstone.
Image input equipment model : Olympus E-M1X
Lens Model : M.40-150mm F2.8 + MC-14
Lens focal length : 210 mm
Focal length in 35 mm film : 421.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
Photographic Sensitivity : 400
Exposure bias : -1 EV
Exposure time : 1/200 sec
F number : F10
Flash : OFF
Nice behavioral image of ovipositing. Good details on the dragonfly. I initially thought the vegetation was a distraction, but after looking at it a few times, I think it helps fame the dragonfly.
Thanks John and Ravi, I appreciate you comments and feedback, the original image is 4:3 format I made this 3:2. i see where you are coming from but I kind of liked the grass and the knapweed plant, I thought it was a little bit of environment that added, equally I ensured to include the four moss stems on the RHS.