Is this Flame skimmer- Male?

[Atul Sinai]

Hi guys,

Not sure about the ID. Please critique.

Canon 600D. 55-250mm
Manual Exposure
Spot metering
Shutter Speed 1/800
Aperture 8.0
ISO 400
Focal Length 250mm
Cropped by 46%
Monopod support

Regards,
Atul

[Joshi Bhavya]

Hi...Atul nice shot you take... Nice DOF well focus and sharp..yes.. it is Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata) dragonfly and look like it is male because Male Flame Skimmers are known for their entirely red or dark orange body,..and Females are usually a medium or darker brown with some thin, yellow markings.
TFS

[Atul Sinai]

Thanks Joshi.

This is full frame and not a crop, as mentioned in details; made an error there.

Regards,
Atul

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice composition. The details on the eye are nice. Slight more brightness would be nice. Also you could have tried a narrower aperture to get wings in focus. In macros, the DOF is very less, so you need to use narrower apertures. The water drops on the leaves look good. Thanks for sharing.