I am still in Virginia at the Virginia Crossings Wyndham Resort doing the corporate retreat. This is another find from my little photoprowel down by the golf course ponds. This is a pre- or post-mating tandem pair of Orange Bluets. There are many Bluets damselflies in North America, and most of them are a bold electric blue…or at least the males are. The Orange is clearly a member of the family despite its color. The male could be mistaken for many of the females of other species, and but none are quite as aggressively orange! Electric orange? It must be the height of breeding for Oranges, since tandem pairs outnumbered single damselflies.

Canon SX40HS in Program with – 1 /3EV exposure compensation. 1680mm equivalent field of view. f5.8 @ 1/60th @ ISO 800. Because the evening light was low I set the ISO manually to get workable shutter-speeds…and even then the Canon image-stabilization was stretched to its limits at such high magnification. This image begins to break down at larger viewing sizes, but it is a fun image on your average monitor or laptop. 🙂

Processed on my Xoom Android Tablet in PicSay Pro for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.