A rare dragonfly but lucky for me they are abundant in a close by local reserve. They were very difficult to photograph with a clear surrounding/background, I did have to remove some messy foliage bottom right. The blurred appearance across the body is a wing.
Hand held image
OM-1 150-400TC ( 651.0mm FF equivalent)
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO : 2000
Exposure compensation : 0.0 EV
Shutter : 1/4000 sec
Aperture : F5
ACR/PSCC