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12th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Large Red Damsel

I was paddling with a canoe with my 9-year son along a a small river in central Finland when this fellow appeared. I captured it for a minute, took a potrait and released unharmed. My son happened to be wearing an orange shirt and that made a nice backround for the Damsel.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2014
Date Uploaded: 10.2014
Photo Location: Finland
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Copyright: © Henri Koskinen