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Ken Childs
04-06-2010, 01:51 PM
Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 400mm
Manual mode
1/400"
F13
ISO: 100
Canon 430EX: On, Fired
LR & CS3

One of the 500 or so Blue Corporals that have emerged from one of my ponds in the past week. Yesterday had the most for one day at about 150. This species doesn't climb far up on the grasses etc before they emerge so it's been hard to find one that didn't have a bunch of junk in front of or behind it.

I cloned out a few bright water reflections, a stick near the bottom of the wing and a piece of grass that went behind the grass and the empty exoskeleton.

Anita Bower
04-15-2010, 05:00 AM
Wow. You mean that is the exoskeleton that the insect (?) just emerged from? Thanks for sharing or I would never see this. Nice details. I might darken the light spots in the BG. :)