Violet Dropwing (male) by GiMi53

Photography • Insects • posted on Jan 07, 2012

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Description

One of many dragonflies seen in Lesbos in September 2011 : The Violet Dropwing, Trithemis annulata, is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. La Libellule purpurine, dont le nom scientifique est Trithemis annulata est une espèce africaine, qui tend depuis la fin du XXe siècle à coloniser le versant nord de la méditerranée. Thank you for your comments & favs on my previous upload :

"Empusa"

Comments (18)

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Juliette.Gribnau

9:00AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

absolutely beautiful !

BorisB

9:15AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Excellent work!!!

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Faemike55

10:26AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Very beautiful

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0rest4wicked

10:43AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Bedazzling colors and testures!

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dixievb

11:06AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Lovely details...

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Jean_C

11:37AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Splendid!

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jayfar

1:02PM | Sat, 07 January 2012

He's a real beauty Michel and extremely well captured.

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PatGoltz

3:57PM | Sat, 07 January 2012

One of my favorite colors! I'll have to learn your secret for getting that kind of depth of field on a macro shot! :)

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Hendesse

4:04PM | Sat, 07 January 2012

What a beautiful dragonfly. Superb shot with fantastic details.

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MrsRatbag

9:01PM | Sat, 07 January 2012

WOW! What a stunning coloured insect, I've never ever seen anything quite like this. Beautiful capture!

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Isabelle711

9:15PM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Oh my goodness how handsome he is. :))))) I have never seen a dragonfly this color. :)))))) Love this little fellow. :))))) Most excellent macro. :)))))) Thank you for sharing all of the beauty you see. :))))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :)))))

whaleman

2:58AM | Sun, 08 January 2012

My word, what a spectacular color set! Nice crisp shot too!

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GiMi53

9:16AM | Sun, 08 January 2012

Thank you for your comments & favs; my next upload : "Trithemis annulata (closer)"