Here are mine from the weekend... I have also some in fly but after such a perfect photos posted from others I'm ashamed to post them here...
Erik - you are not the single perpetrator but probably the main
! BTW - you are talented photog (and probably talented engineer) but your ideas about the evolution and how it works are more appropriate for the human society, not for the nature:
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that has the most spectacular color scheme...
"
Samples against that: cockroaches, scorpions are not between the more colorful, spiders have some exempts - but all of these are thriving and are able to survive a lot of challenging conditions. It is question not of color but of more (and fast!) reacting genome!
And for Maximilian: if you are already fit for some conditions does not improve your chances for surviving the change of the conditions. You must be
adaptable in order to have an advantage/get fit in constantly (despite slowly) changing conditions! In fast changing conditions - good luck (especially for highly complicated organisms/societies)!
People are not between the most colorful species on our planet but they are occupying/and dictating plenty of space on this planet... because they are suppose to be smart
! In fast changing conditions we recently demonstrated that we (or some of us!) are not able to get "fit" fast enough!
On the other hand in the human society the most colorful celebrities and politicians (
) usually have - but not necessarily, more chances than the others but they still need to have and demonstrate some brain! Otherwise they become celebrities for one occasion or politicians for one term...
Sorry for the long and definitely not complete and very deep philosophizing about something out of photography but it's part of the live - even for photogs (just see the reaction of different companies that produce photo equipment to the changing conditions of the market)!