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~Thomas Carlyle

 

It's Fall Fungi Friday! (#3 of 3)

 

I ♥ mushrooms. Raw, steamed, fried, sauteed...it doesn't matter. I could eat 'shrooms every day. Of course, that quickly changes when you hear them referred to as 'fungus'. That kind of does a number on my appetite. And my stomach. Uh-oh...brb.

 

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red milkweed beetles on a milkweed leaf

While walking to the pond this swallowtail fell out of the tree right in front of me. He had just hatched and was trying to climb to a place in the sun to dry his wings! I helped him onto an azalea bush where he stayed for several hours. What a wonderful experience this was!!!!

 

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B L A C K M A G I C

 

Snuitkevertje in de griend langs de Lek (NL), 16 mei 2010

 

Phyllobius maculicornis

One of many bees found in my garden.

Lupinus leaf with morning drops and a cosmos flower in the back...

 

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I went out and cut some holly yesterday for some decorations at my house. I am makng a wreath today. There were two holly trees covered with these berries. Pretty aren't they? Have a wonderful day dear friends!!

 

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ant in on an orange lily stamens

Paper Wasp will not be deterred! Hummingbird says ok go ahead..

a pair of ants lock-jawed on a peony bud

got soaked in the rain today... not feeling very well... have to take an early rest... see you guys tomorrow!!

  

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18 handheld images stacked in Zerene

It's amazing how encased in dew a bug can become overnight. Here, it waits patiently for the sun to release it.

This is an attempt at stacking using 4 images via Helicon

~Elizabeth I

 

Take a Seat Week is now over! Thanks for sharing in this quick celebration of places where we can relax & put our feet up.

 

Harley Davidson: As the weather turns warmer, for me there's no better seat in the house (OK, not really in the house--that's just an expression...but you know what I mean).

 

Happy Easter!

 

Big Wheel

 

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A caddis fly.

A stack of 11 handheld images in Photoshop

If you turn you head just a bit sideways, push your tongue firmly into your cheek and SQUINT a bit, you can just make out the words "Made In Japan" etched on the carapace.

14 handheld images stacked in Zerene

One dead, one investigating

This is not as sharp as I have expected.. but just can't resist the colors so I decided to post it anyway.

de eerste weidebeekjuffers van dit jaar.

eindelijk!

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unidentified insect (HELP) on a daisy

Pinoy Macro EB - Ninoy Aquino Wildlife Park

July 4, 09

 

series #6

 

Explored - Jul 9, 2009

  

Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasitoids of ants. Larvae develop inside ant nests feeding on ant brood. Adult wasps sometimes form large mating swarms in meadows, where the females oviposit in plant material. Young larvae attach themselves to passing ants, or to ant prey items, to be carried into the ant nest.

 

Published in Belgium! (Het Nieuwsblad Newspaper - May 27, 2011 page 18, half page).

 

*Thanks to Mark O'Brien for identifying this insect.

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This is the first time I have come across this armored beast. This is a 9 image stack...

I found several flower shots from August that I never posted, sooooo I'll be uploading them next! I think I took them shortly before we left for Scotland and then forgot about them.

 

I'm working on visiting everyone's streams tonight - I promise!!

... of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-eight million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea...

- The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams

 

Explore March 12, 2009 - Highest Position: #173

Thank You Everyone!

 

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Working on refining my technique with this fun form of macro photography.

This is a 20 image stack, each frame shot at f4. Getting the lighting right on this one was tough with so many drops in so many different places. In the end it was worth the work.

 

Shot using a Tokina AT-X 90mm f2.5 Macro lens and the AT-X 1:1 extender.

I do hope everyone is well...Have a great weekend my friends....=)

 

Nikon D700 + Tamron SP 90mm + Ring Flash + Handheld.

~Oprah Winfrey

 

"Get Down on It" Week Continues! A 7-day celebration of looking down our noses at our subjects, much like King Henry VIII did.

 

Buds & Blooms: We can't possibly do a downward POV week without recognizing all of the pretty flowers growing at our feet! From last August--no idea what it is--coneflower maybe?

 

Update: I called in the heavy horticultural guns for identification, Flickr's resident expert, Bettina (4Buttercup) and she was sweet enough to share her expertise: "Rudbeckia 'Herbstsonne' would be my guess...sometimes assigned the species nitida or lacinata (but has been determined to be a cross between the two)." So there you have it! Thx, B! ;)

 

Down to Earth

 

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It was fascinating to see the Spider weaving his web around the prey

235mm - 1/125- f6.3 - Iso 200 - Flash off - Diritto esclusivo di riproduzione ©

 

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4 handheld image stack in Zerene.

Does any know the correct name for this fly please?

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