Kip’s Comments - June 21, 2025

If I Could Talk To the Animals - Working a Scene

As I was working at our cabin today I noticed a giant mayfly on the pontoon boat. I took a couple of pictures of the mayfly and promptly recognized an opportunity to invest time and effort for better photos. Feel free to go through the following photos to see how I went from pontoon pictures to images on vegetation that looked much more natural. I did add extra light via my flash.

As for talking to the animals. These mayflies are prized delicacies of birds and fish. I know the warblers I have been watching would gladly munch on every mayfly they could catch. This morning the catching would have been so easy. Look under the ferns and there they were… bird and fish snacks everywhere for the grabbing.

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