Dancing Jewel II

[Erland R.N.]

I can't help it, have to post a couple more photos of these wonderfull damselflies:

Platycypha caligata (Dancing Jewel), male.
13/12 2006, Nwanedzi River, Limpopo, South Africa.


Female from some location.

Another picture of the male is seen my first "Dancing Jewel" post:
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... php?t=1441

cheers
Erland

[Carl_Constantine]

I can't help it, have to post a couple more photos of these wonderfull damselflies:

You won't get any argument from me. These are beautiful. That first one in particular was wonderful coloring.

[beetleman]

I love the colors on the thorax of the first one...and look at those eyes . That head would make a great stacking subject Beautiful pictures Erland.

[Moebius]

jaw-droppingly beautiful.

Love the pics. Gets me in the mood for spring.

K

[Bruce Williams]

Absolutely stunning colour and form Erland. Nice clean backgrounds too - they really help show off the finer detail.

Bruce

[Erland R.N.]

Thank you all for comments. They sat at end of sticks at the edge of the small stream, producing nice background. Of course it helps too, that I'm really close to them,

Notice how I captured the male just giving his wings a single beat, just after he has landed. He would land just spot on in focus several times at the stick, so I did not have to remove my eye from the viewfinder.

Interesting is it that the wings of the females protrudes well beyond the end of the abdomen, whereas the wings of the male, end at the end of the abdomen.

Erland

[MacroLuv]

Very interesting and smudged colors on that guy.

[cactuspic]

Wonderful images Erland. Fantastic colar and sharp detail in well composed images.. Good work.

Irwin

[Danny]

Phew Erland, crisp, sharp and clear. Great colours. Sharp as a tack !!!. Love them.

Danny..

[phero66]

I'm amazed, very beautiful.

[Erland R.N.]

Thank you very much.

Btw, the female was not photographed at "some" location, but at the same location as the male.

Further towards equator in Africa, you will find many more similar species from the family the species belong to, but in South Africa, only one species is common.

Erland