Capture: Getting closer
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
Dragonfly.
HuhuGreat captures, Sofie. How on earth do you persuade them to pose so perfectly?
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Lilith __, in reply to
Another flower that looks like a scary alien up close.
What magnificent irises!
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Lilith __, in reply to
a fat visitor in the birch tree this afternoon
A series just waiting for the Warhol treatment?
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Jos,
A couple of closies from this afternoon during a break in the rain
paper wasp eating sap and a strangely long black fly's eye.
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One ring to rule them all?
fly’s eye
Nice eyes! Actually, on second thoughts…. :-)
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
How on earth do you persuade them to pose so perfectly?
I don’t like to scare them which is why a lot of my shots are from behind and often I suspect they are resting,having a nap as it were. The bees,well I get comfortable and wait and make sure the camera is concentrated on a particular part of a plant they are buzzing around and sooner or later I get to snap! If I see bees around a particular flower I’ll aim next to it to get them in flight.
Also the money shot comes with patience, well my feeble money shots but they are enough to satisfy. Also for birds , 6am is a good time to watch them. They are busy shopping and eating and building.
This bugger flew around me for an hour. It was very difficult to catch him in flight. I got this shot then he flew down and posed or it may have been another one, but my job was done anyway. :)
Those flys eyes are brilliant. -
Jos,
An afternoon at The Wasp Experience...
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Leaf map glows.
And I've posted a slater before, but this one came out clearer and has a shadow.
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Closest I could get to a big, fat bumble bee at lunchtime today. It was sitting all nice and still, but as I was struggling to see where I had the phone aimed, thanks to the bright sunlight (where’s the smog filter when you need it?), it took off…
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Last night's rain finally brought some live snails back out.
And one decided to take a bath.
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Jos,
Praying for rain?
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Jos,
Always a good excuse
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Found this on our way to lunch.
And apparently bathtime didn't go so well for this snail.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Found this on ....
waa-ay out to lunch!Fixed that for you..
: - )But. Wow!
No PhotoShop?
wattanaaaamazingthing...<Dr Seuss to the cafeteria, please.>
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
No PhotoShop?
Just held my phone up close, then after I put it on the computer zoomed in closer and tweaked a couple of things like saturation. Otherwise, it is as it appeared outside. No idea what it is beyond "some kind of a bug". But it does seem to be floating over the stone, and the stone looks much cooller than the cheap concrete fake rock it really is.
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Would a tripod help? Or just steadier hands? Better breathing, or at least a gentler squeeze with the trigger finger? Because I seem to keep missing the targets. And insects move so much faster and further than flowers.
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See? Doesn't move. 'Cept when the wind blows...
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No close pics to speak of. Felt quite close to these oyster catchers though as they took off overhead....
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Thinking I might do a Conchology post, but in the mean time, here’s some shell collectors at Pakiri beach.
And some hermit tracks.
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Bug, I think the same mystery bug, or one of its ilk, spotted on a rock yesterday.
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Seen better days.
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Got me a bat, too....
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Got me a bat, too….
Now that's a bat!
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
warning about getting too close. platypuses not to swim here?
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This little fella had a couple of my students freaked out this afternoon. I encouraged it onto the floor where it kinda uncamouflaged* itself.
*ETA: By which I mean this little critter that is even more pallid than me went and hid on that black thing. Not very effective camouflage.
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