The Biesbosch is full of wonderful animals and insects, so is this dragonfly, this is the flat-bellied dragonfly, and belongs to the true dragonflies. What makes this dragonfly so beautiful is its colour, and not just that of the male in this photo, even the females have a beautiful yellowish colour when young and as they get older they turn a beautiful brown.
This dragonfly can be seen a lot in the Biesbosch from April to September and likes to sit still for a nice photo in between.
I love colours in my photos and therefore like to take pictures with contrasting colours, like blue on green. OK, it is not really a contrasting colour but it gives enough difference that the dragonfly colours beautifully in the foreground with the lovely green Biesbosch in summer.
Together with my boyfriend, I like to go into nature, we can often be found in the Biesbosch enjoying the plants, animals and weather.
Every season has different animals, insects, plants and weather conditions that can produce beautiful pictures.
It doesn't matter to me when, where..
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