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Shot with a Tamron 90 mm f/2.8 macro plus 68 mm of tubes, lit with on-board flash fired through a pop-up diffuser.
9th February, 40/365
It has rained pretty non-stop today so to cheer myself up and add a splash of colour to an otherwise very grey day I have returned to the water drops this evening!
I'm please to see that the snow is coming down heavily again outside now though I'm not convinced that it'll stay this time...we shall see in the morning! :-)
This is what it feels like to be eaten by an alien plant ;-))
I'm still catching up slowly and many thanks getting my picture to the Front Page yesterday and a special thanks for everyone's best wishes.
Oh by the way this is a "Waxflower", they are mostly tiny, no more than than 1cm across often smaller.
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Explore #2 (thanks to Quadvision [Bokeh Dreaming] for sending me a screenshot)
I know it's pink Tuesday but this one didn't quite fit the "hint of pink" theme... but I still think the tips of those petals have a hint of pink in them?? :-)) But I didn't add it to the group in case I was flaunting the theme rules :-))
Back in the bathroom for this shot :-) Natural light and tripod. I would always use a tripod when shooting macros indoors, sometimes without if I am outside in good light (as was the case with yesterday's shot).
Have a sunny day everyone !
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...and much better when viewed large.
Good morning. Just a single posting of the always majestic Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) feeding on Rosinweed (Silphium) since I'm a bit under the weather this morning with a nasty chest cold and will probably spend most of the day in bed. Something that always seems to happen to me after returning from a trip :-(
This was taken this past August, which stimulates thoughts and wishes for much warmer temperatures versus the reality of the bitter cold here today. And if you look real close where I placed the note you'll see an Ermine moth (Atteva punctella) hiding in the flower petals.
Thank you for stopping by...I hope you have a truly great day, and I apologize in advance for not responding to comments or visiting as much as I'd like to, or normally would do.
Lacey
ISO100, aperture f/8, exposure .004 seconds (1/250) focal length 200mm
I spotted these beautiful flowers whilst wandering around my neighbour's garden. I have never seen them there before and I am not sure of the name. Thank you Graham for the ID - JAPANESE ANEMONE.
Though generally small in size, their large eyes, prodigious jumping ability, often brilliant colours and cocky, inquisitive activity make them very appealing. Many are daylight hunters, using their excellent vision to track, stalk and calculate distance, before suddenly leaping on their prey, propelled by their strong back legs.
Family: Salticidae
Order: Araneae
Note: Would be great if someone can an exact I.D this beauty :)
Equipment: Canon 40D + Speedlite EX 430II + Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di
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... and eating as much as it can, is this 'banded woolly bear' caterpillar, scientifically known as the Pyrrharctia Isabella.
I remember catching these as a kid and keeping them in a mayonaise jar with holes poked in the lid, a few sticks and some grass and trying to keep them alive - a big adventure for a country boy.
If this larva survives the winter, the caterpillars become an Isabella Tiger Moth.
Folklore tells us that the relative amounts of brown and black on the skin of a woolly bear caterpillar (commonly abundant in the fall) are an indication of the severity of the coming winter. It is believed that if a woolly bear caterpillar's brown stripe is thick, the winter weather will be mild and if the brown stripes are narrow, the winter will be severe.
Yes we all have to eat and this little white crab spider is doing just that, poor little bee.
Explore; 19th april 2009 #152.