Blue Shadow. Trithemis festiva, Indigo Dropwing, Heliconia Garden, Taman Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Marvelously bright weather in Kuala Lumpur this morning with azure blue skies and those great fluffy Cumulus Clouds. The Sun's Bright Light today caused the natural phenomenon of a Blue Shadow which can sometimes also be seen in very cold climes with a bright Winter sun on amazingly white snow. Usually, of course, shadows are Black.
This Dragonfly's Blue Shadow is not caused by its own Indigo Color. Rather the Very White Sunlight is blocked by Trithemis and the shadow is 'colored' by indirect light and the Blue from the Azure Sky. If you look carefully, you can see the same kind of Blue edging the non-Dragonfly shadow in the lower lefthand corner of this photo.
This, by the way, is Indigo Dropwing, Trithemis festiva; it has other names as well, for example, Black Stream Glider, because often it appears more black or dark purple in less bright weather. Sony came upon it along the little stream that runs through the Heliconia Garden of the Lake Gardens, Taman Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur.
Blue Shadow. Trithemis festiva, Indigo Dropwing, Heliconia Garden, Taman Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Marvelously bright weather in Kuala Lumpur this morning with azure blue skies and those great fluffy Cumulus Clouds. The Sun's Bright Light today caused the natural phenomenon of a Blue Shadow which can sometimes also be seen in very cold climes with a bright Winter sun on amazingly white snow. Usually, of course, shadows are Black.
This Dragonfly's Blue Shadow is not caused by its own Indigo Color. Rather the Very White Sunlight is blocked by Trithemis and the shadow is 'colored' by indirect light and the Blue from the Azure Sky. If you look carefully, you can see the same kind of Blue edging the non-Dragonfly shadow in the lower lefthand corner of this photo.
This, by the way, is Indigo Dropwing, Trithemis festiva; it has other names as well, for example, Black Stream Glider, because often it appears more black or dark purple in less bright weather. Sony came upon it along the little stream that runs through the Heliconia Garden of the Lake Gardens, Taman Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur.