You cannot escape insects
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I decided over the weekend to go and take some dew drop photographs. This provided a nice relief from hunting bugs - though I do rather wish now I had spent some time hunting them as we had excellent weather unlike some of our friends back east. Anyway, I settled onto the wet ground and began to take some dew drop shots with a primrose reflected in a dew drop.
However, a certain little insect decided that it wanted its photo taken and settled down right next to my shoot. Perhaps it had heard that I was photographing insects in the area and wanted a portrait. Who knows, but I was unable to resist the temptation to photograph it.
To be honest, I haven’t spent much time trying to identify it. It certainly looks like a midge, similar to those I blogged about some time ago. This one stayed quite still for me, so I decided to try getting it in a dew drop. Unfortunately there were no dew drops with a proper angle that I could have gotten the shot. I tried to move one to the proper position but failed miserably at the attempt. Instead, I decided to move the primrose behind the midge and see how that would turn out.
Personally I think this helped the shot, and I may try it again in the future. The red of the primrose may have been a bit too strong here though. I also think the two blades of grass are a bit distracting. I tried to remove them when shooting but I was too worried I would scare away the midge so I left them. I would be curious to hear other opinions - did the background help or hurt the midge shot?
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Tags: insect, macro, midge, photography, primrose
Goodness those are some lovely photos. I agree- that’s a midge (Chironomidae).
I like both backgrounds.
Both are good, but I prefer the shot with the primrose background. Without the blades of grass, the background might become overpowering.