Colour Challenge: Mostly Green Dragonflies and Damselflies

These are called downy emerald (Cordulia aenea), smaragdlibel in Dutch.

They are metallic green with a bronze shine, and the colour you see depends on the angle of the light:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f8, 1/125s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO125, f8, 1/160s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 265mm, ISO200, f8, 1/160s}

All the ones in the phots are young specimens; adults have bright green eyes, but they don't like to pose so I don't have photos of those yet.

Some of the much smaller spreadwings (Lestidae), pantserjuffers in Dutch, seem to have the same paint supplier:

^{Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f8, 1/125s}

^{Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/80s}

^{Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f8, 1/250s}

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