I was at the township park during lunch trying out my new (small snapshot-type)Digital Camera. I was trying to see if I could get a decent pix of a Red-tailed Hawk riding the Hot Air Thermals over the park. While waiting for the Hawk to circle back around to my location this large RED Dragonfly flew around me and landed on a low hanging dried flower stem right next to a small shrub. It was a very warm and windy day that he seemed to be looking for a place to stop and rest. He seamed to take no notice of me as I moved closer and closer,and kept shooting again,and again. I was struggling to try to find some shooting-menu-setting on the Camera that would keep the insect in focus instead of all of the green leaves of the shrub just a few inches away, in the background. I deleated several pix that either were not in focus or were poorly framed. When I got back to work and put the images on my PC I was very pleased. NOW CAN YOU PLEASE ADVISE What kind of Dragonfly this is? I am not certian if I have ever seen a RED Dragonfly before, (I am 59 years old)mostly just various shades of blues and or greens. Over the Summer I have taken a number of additional photos of Flowers that fortunatly also show clear photos of some insects I have never seen before. I hope to be able to send additional photos