macro shot of a grenadier dragonfly perched on rope (Singapore, 2023)
also known as the asiatic blood tail or scarlet grenadier
photographed with the Olympus TG6
Author: Elancharan இளஞ்சேரன்
Elancharan Gunasekaran is a multidisciplinary artist and poet. He has a strange love for all things poetical and Sci-Fi. A winner of the Montblanc X Esquire Six-word Story prize 2017. His latest publications are Superatomicluminal (Hesterglock Press), Gods of the Gonzo (Analog Submission Press) and The Cosmosnaut Manifesto (UndergroundBooks).
autumn dusk i take a moment to revise my madness
eye of the salamander more fiery than the noon sun
soft tones of pastel in the dusk sky for your eyes only
into the arms of the candle fire the night moth’s pilgrimage
belly on branch the drongo sings for the dissected
almost empty street crows picking apart the roadkill
allowing the gods to flow through this flesh autumn dawn
shadows pause for a moment and trail the smoke from incense
A juvenile Malayan water monitor resting in a tree, on a late autumn afternoon. Never seen this species climb up trees before, a strange sight and one that caught my attention purely by luck.
Photographed with the Olympus omd em1, 40-150mm lens.
Location: Reservoir/ park northwest of Singapore
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