The Confident One, Pt. 2 - _TNY_7358

Photographing demoiselles can sometimes feel like an exercise in futility. They flutter around, looking absolutely beautiful with their metallic colours and then they land fairly close - and when you raise the camera, they take off and land on the other side of the creek or something.

 

Well, after a bajillion tries on an afternoon a couple of days ago, I finally found one which was cool with my presence and let me get a whole bunch of shots!

 

There are two species of demoiselle in Sweden, this one which is the beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) and the blue colur tells us it's a male, and the banded demoiselle (C. splendens). I've never shot the other species, but I have located a lake not very far from me where they have been found, so I aim to go on a little expedition there soonish.

 

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53771847318/

 

While the male here is beautifully blue, the female is also stunning in a greenish bronze paintjob: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49243846506/

Done