This shot is one of those that, without warning, captures a suspended, almost secret moment. That day, during a walk along the Louge River in Haute-Garonne, the sun was shining down with its warm rays, but the subtle coolness of a damp wind filtered through the vegetation. Sheltered from the harsh light, in the soft shade of the foliage, two Calopteryx splendens perched side by side on a leaf, as if in confidence.

This fleeting and silent moment inspires these few lines as a poetic extension, to prolong the magic of their discreet presence:

In the green setting shaded by the foliage,
Two metallic blue jewels, of a singular brilliance,
Rest side by side at the edge of a world of waves,
Fragile messengers of deep rivers.
The light descends in subdued sheets,
On their shining wings, softly iridescent.

 

Under the breath of the river-scented wind,
The heat dissolves, humid and fleeting.
The Louge murmurs, soothing and faithful,
Cradling the damsels with watercolor wings.
That day, suspended, saw shadow and light
Sealing in silence a moment of eternity.