Dragon flies wing injuries

[odds]

I spent hours at my favorite bog/marsh yesterday watching the dragonflies mating and placing eggs in the little pond. One of my observations during several seasons is that dragon flies suffer wing injuries. I wonder if they are caused by mid air collisions, fighting/biting or perhaps hard encounters with tree branches or other hard objects? Battle marked wings help me recognize individual dragon flies on images. Here is one perching on a dead bush for a few seconds. The same dragonfly (judging by its right rear wing injury) came back to more or less the same spot many times. No real luck with DIF (Dragonfly in Flight) though, I need to try again.

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Odd S.

[Wavelength]

Well captured; rare angle; how about boosting some contrast?

[odds]

...how about boosting some contrast?

Thanks for commenting. Yes, that one came out really flat indeed. I will check it out when I get back home. The low angle was to avoid a busy background, I had to be flat down on very wet moss. Every time I do that, I know why my next camera will have a flip screen.
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Odd S.

[DanK]

Nice capture. I know what you mean about the contortions needed to get shots like this. Gets harder every year.

I agree--I'd fiddle to increase contrast and probably vibrance or saturation