Common Blue

I was walking in Rosliston Forestry Centre on Tuesday morning with my camera. I had decided I wanted to capture a Blue butterfly. They are getting scarce these days, & I wanted one before they all went. I called by at Greenheart lake where I knew I should find one. Armed with camera ,tripod & a stool stick(Walking stick with built in seat) I perched my bum on the stool & waited. The morning was slightly overcast, but with a promise of sun later. Whilst waiting, I shot a few shrubs, but nothing worth while. After about an hour or so, I saw a movement, it was a Blue. I removed the camera from the tripod & went chasing. It was a fast little beast. Got me running about in circles I can tell you. The tripod would have just got in the way. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I got pretty well what I wanted. When I retuned home after picking up My Good Lady from her yoga session, I loaded the picture into my computer only to see the wing had been damaged. Old age do you think? Well, it is a bit late in the season. Well, I have the program & I have the time, so I thought I would try & repair the wing....What do you think? I have enhanced the colour a little, but not by much. I now need to catch other butterflys such as Peacocks or Tortoiseshells & hope the wings are not too damaged as that could make the repair very complicated. I will be starting a course in September on Digital Imaging, it lasts for 10 weeks (I can only make 9 of them), but I think I will have picked up enough information to do more than just basic cloning & other fairly simple editing projects.