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This is the last of the very small hydrangea leaves we have out front, covered in a heavy frost earlier this week. This was probably the last day that they really had any life to them...
Was taking pics of the crypthanthus plants in my garden when this teeny weeny spider appeared on the scene...HMM!
A tiny fir in a flowerpot is growing. My son is waiting for it to become a big tree... Wonder if it's ever going to happen??
This is my contribution to Macro Mondays theme It's Alive. HMM to all of you out there!
Taken for Macro Mondays 'it's alive' theme. I wish this theme had occurred in summer when there are so many wonderful insects to photograph. No insects here at this time of year and I couldn't even find a spider in the garden. I know there are many other subjects that could fit the category but my inspiration was sadly lacking.
The subject measures 2 cm x 2.5 cm and is cropped from a slightly larger image.
Unsere Katze "Schnurrli" liebt es überhaupt nicht, wenn ich sie fotografiere :-)
Aber solange sie die Krallen nicht ausfährt ist alles ok.
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Our cat "Schnurrli" does not love it at all when I photograph it :-)
But as long as she does not pull out the claws everything is ok.
He was standing on a pink pedestal bearing the name "Floyd" - of course - but he wasn't as interesting as his namesake. His particular talent seemed to be spray painting himself pink and standing motionless while children tried to make him smile or get some other response. Well, I suppose it's a living. Sort of. I don't know why the ratty umbrella wasn't also pink; maybe he ran out of paint. I wish I hadn't clipped his feet; maybe he unnerved me.
I find photographing people more stressful than wildlife. Generally they are more dangerous, and certainly more self-conscious. Therefore a big challenge, even if I treat them as "just another wildlife species", which is my usual explanation when people appear puzzled that I would put any effort at all into people pics. Just as with bears or bison, I look for interesting behaviour. Which this definitely is.
More to come. I have a handful of candid or casual (ie. unposed) people shots lined up - broken into two handfuls, actually, and interspersed with insects. If you don't really like photos of your own species, stay tuned for the bugs!
Photographed at the inner harbour in Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
December 12, 2016
What are all those tiny dots on the side of my deck rail? ...Wait a minute... they're moving! I put my finger close to one, and it SPRINGS away, high into the air, coming down somewhere else... who knows where. Yes, "It's alive!"
These are springtails, or collembola. This one is meandering around on my deck rails grazing on algae and trying to avoid the raindrops that are FAR bigger than he/she is.
...for macro Mondays. HMM!
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Macro Mondays-Its Alive!
I was so surprised to see a Honey Bee in my backyard. It was trying to get into the compost bin where it was warm.
One of many thousands of woodlice living under the old carpet that cover my compost bins. The compost bins are teaming with life from these woodlice and compost worms to millions of sub-microscopic organisms.
The blue is threads of the old carpet.
Taken with 100mm Macro and Sigma ring flash.
I suspect this is the fly responsible for the maggots consuming the Honey Mushroom (Armillariella mellea) in my [Previous] photo. It's sitting just a few inches away from the mushrooms in in this cluster. It's about the size of a house fly. I guess that it's a Heleomyzidae fly in the genus Suillia, but I'm not sure. I'll keep trying to get a shot on the mushroom instead of on sandstone. HMM! (San Marcos Pass, 11 December 2016)
We did get a bit more rain last night and today, but just a bit, just half of 1/10 inch. That's enough to keep the oak mulch wet and the mushrooms happy - the saprophytes if not the more interesting mycorrhizal mushrooms. There are still rumors that a strong storm bring rain to us on Thursday and Friday. We stand at just 43% of normal rainfall, so we could use it.
(Update - I've never posted to the Macro Mondays group before, but it sure seems to generate visits!)
Brujas, junio 2016
"No poseo nombre:
pero nací hace dos días."
¿Cómo te llamaré?
"Soy feliz.
Me llamo alegría."
¡Que el dulce júbilo sea contigo!
¡Bonita alegría!
Dulce alegría, de apenas dos días,
te llamo dulce alegría:
así tú sonríes,
mientras yo canto.
¡Que el dulce júbilo sea contigo!
- Willian Blake
A web of intrigue from a tiny spider in a Box hedge, for the "It's Alive" theme in Macro Mondays group.
This is a tiny mushroom growing from a fallen leaf of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae). I put my pen in the photo for scale, with a 0.7 mm ball - about half the size of the mushroom cap. If you want to be exact, the mushroom is about 400 pixels across in this 1:1 macro shot, which comes to about comes to about 1.6 mm. (See here for how I figured.) This is also my photo for the Macro Mondays group. The theme this week is "Redux 2016" aka "My Favorite Theme of the Year", and I reckon the theme "It's Alive" (Dec. 12) covers most of my photos, including this one. It might also fit the theme "Pencils, Pens, Erasers and/or Paperclips" (Oct. 10). I've only been participating in the group for two weeks, so I picked a theme I've used before. HMM! (San Marcos Pass, 25 December 2016)
(Hah - I just noticed that my photo is pretty suggestive too, but that was not one of the categories!)
Today was a nice enough day to be out with my camera, but it was cold - in the 20's last night, and only up to the low 40s today. It was icy this morning. The radar loop shows a cloud mass moving towards us, but the forecast says it will remain off the coast. Who's right?? It's cloudy right now, which may warm it up a bit - if it doesn't bring more rain!
It's December. In New England the closest you are going to find to "It's Alive!" is a piece of fruit in the kitchen.
For lighting, I had a speedlite on each side of the orange.
This Puss Caterpillar is considered one of the most poisonous in the United States.The caterpillar is regarded as a dangerous insect because of its venomous spines. Unfortunately I encountered one a few months before I saw this one. I picked up a plant to move, and immediately my finger began to burn like no other. I ran inside and did what my mom did as a kid, made a paste of baking soda and vinegar. Still burning I went to investigate, and saw this cute little furry caterpillar. I took a picture and had my daughter google furry caterpillar. This causes burning, swelling, nausea, headache, abdominal distress, rashes, blisters, and sometimes chest pain, numbness, or difficulty breathing. Holy molly!! Fortunately redness, blisters and a LOT of PAIN was all I had. Thought I would share in case you ever see one.
I checked out the theme for this week last Tuesday morning and thought "oh no," finding anything alive in December is almost impossible. Changed tracks and thought of plant life.
I then went out into the garden with Izzy and as I came back in saw this woodlouse on the wall, grabbed my camera and got in close. Oddly enough during the week I've seen quite a few insects and bugs Etc that also would have worked as well!
Better viewed large.
Thank you for your favourites. :O)
Personally, I am very allergic to this stuff, but my partner loves it. Nothing like mold in cheese. :-0
For Macro Mondays Theme "Its Alive"
It took me a while to keep him still, taken against the patio door onto my garden. He was free to 'buzz' off once the modelling session was over :-)
Have a good day all and HMM!
Morning my friends, after this picture, I will take a little break in Flickr, to prepare little things for Christmas, and the next summer's holidays.... I back to wish you, a happy Christmas to all.
Hugs and kisses!
Bon dia amics, després d'aquesta, prendré un petit decans a Flickr per preparar algunes coses de Nadal i començar a organitzar coses pel les vacances d'estiu.... =O). Tornaré per desitjar-vos a tots un Bon Nadal.
Abraçades i petons!
Buenos días amigos,después de esta foto tomaré un pqueño descanso en Flickr para preparar pequeñas cosas de Navidad y empezar a preparar las vacaciones de verano. =O) Regresaré para desearos felices fiestas!
Abrazos y besos!!
One of my houseplants that I am amazed is still holding on. I was going to use this for abstract, but decided on tn the screen instead.
4. It's Alive #msh0420-4
Annalisa Mandia.
A lizard displaying good road holding characteristics !.
I've lightened the subject up a tad to show more detail in the tread patterns.