Something in my eye

Another from the increasingly debris filled pond at work.

Any advice on when would be the least destructive time to organise the clearing of a pond ? It's absolutely rife with dragonfly and damselfly larvae and we do have newts, frogs and toads (though lots less last year) so don't want to disturb any bottom hibernating amphibians too much.

Taken with D70
Sigma 105 macro
iso 200
1/250 @f4.5

Cheers
Paul

Hi Paul,

Nice capture - apepars a little too closely cropped near the tail for me. But I like the strong vibrant red green colours

I used to always clear my pond in the autumn and place all the debris on the side of the pond for a few days in oder to allow everything a chnce to get back into the pond from the wet weeds etc.

Niall

Hi Paul,

Maybe a lower viewpoint may have improved the image to show more of its details. Sorry can't help on the pond issue.

Regards Chris
www.c-m-l.com

Hi Paul
Niall is correct, October is the best month.

Colin

Thanks for the info, I'll try to ensure it's left alone for now then.