Water Boatman – what a funny name for a little insect swimming on the surface of water. I remember that when I was a kid we had a pond in our garden with plenty of water boatmen. I tried to catch them but I don’t think I ever succeeded. As I got older I kind of forgot about. Last summer, during our holiday in Germany we went for a walk and stopped at a stream. There were plenty of water boatmen and I suddenly thought they would be interesting to photograph swimming on their own shadow. Only their feet make contact with the surface of the water which means their shadow is underneath them.
