Bite Taken - _TNY_3816
I'm actually quite fond of the composition here with the male common bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) sitting over the missing piece of the reed, but to be honest - it is faked.
Not much faked, but the dent was actually a bit lower down on the stem so I cut it out using Photoshop and reinserted it a little closer to the damsel so I could have a closer crop and still have both damsel and dent in frame but taking up a larger part of the image.
The way I figure it, if I tell you about what I did, it becomes less of a no-no, right?
For comparison, here is what the female bluet looks like in an older shot: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49102062778/ - ie not blue at all.
Bite Taken - _TNY_3816
I'm actually quite fond of the composition here with the male common bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) sitting over the missing piece of the reed, but to be honest - it is faked.
Not much faked, but the dent was actually a bit lower down on the stem so I cut it out using Photoshop and reinserted it a little closer to the damsel so I could have a closer crop and still have both damsel and dent in frame but taking up a larger part of the image.
The way I figure it, if I tell you about what I did, it becomes less of a no-no, right?
For comparison, here is what the female bluet looks like in an older shot: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49102062778/ - ie not blue at all.