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Message: <blockquote data-quote="balkantrek" data-source="post: 1521531" data-attributes="member: 53352">Yes, I was wondering about this. And of course there are some Common Blues that lack the cell spot anyway!  I have always come at nature photography from the 'record' side rather than the 'photography' side. In other words my first and foremost motivation has been to use my photographs to try and collect a record of the fauna and flora of a particular region. This has had its drawback in the sense I have a large colection of photos that have no 'photographic merit' and which would have been deleted immediately by most 'proper' photographers. But for 'scientific' reasons I have hung onto them either with the hope I can identify them later or because they show something that is of interest to me. Let me attach another photo to illustrate this point...a terrible photo which should have been deleted immediately. But I didn't because I have kept it for identification as it will hopefully add another species to my record from that particular site!</blockquote>