EMERALD DAMSELFLY PORTRAIT
By taking a series of images at different focal lengths, photographer Oliver Wright has created a stacked image of this emerald damselfly looking directly at the camera. The most common of the damselfly species in the UK, the emerald damselfly can be identified by the position in which it rests. While dragonflies rest with their wings held straight out, and other damselflies rest with their wings held together above the body, the emerald damselfly chooses the middle option. It holds its wings open at 45 degrees when perched, leading