A common bluet hanging on the underside of a reed with the morning dew still covering its body. Stack from ten exposures.
The dragonflies seldom sit openly before they have been warmed by the morning sun. But this ruddy darter posed willingly on a solitary straw of grass for a few minutes.
A shield bug gently moving across a dandelion stalk. The insect is in the shade but in the background, the afternoon sun is coloring the grass with a golden tint. 34 photos were taken freehand and then focus stacked to get the entire insect and the flower stalk in focus.
