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Water Strider (most likely Gerris lacustris) - East Branch of Stony Brook downstream of Best Lake, Watchung, NJ
May 16, 2013
I sometimes look back at old pics when they pop up in my recent activity log, and when I looked at this one I said, "Who the heck took that?".
Ah . . , now I remember, it was me.
And I did get a bit muddy that day trying to get a low angle with a decent reflection, not to mention that I had to sort through a lot of OOF pics to find this one. :{(
'Cause, as you may know these guys don't sit still for long, and even when they do sit still the breeze is constantly moving them across the water so getting good focus was a challenge,
but worth the effort.
Note: This is also a good example of how a 600 mm macro rig (300 mm F4 + 2xTC) at a distance of 5-6 feet will help to get a lower POV than the usual macro gear.
Oct 16, 2016 Making Strides of Westchester at Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase St, Purchase, NY.
Jeffrey Olender [principal, Dixson Primary School, Elmsford NY w/ wife Kattia. ©maria r. bastone
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Striding Sphinx
Ivory, Mesopotamia, excavated at Nimrud, Fort Shalmaneser
Neo-Assyrian period, Phoenician style
9th-8th century B.C.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 2012