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TGIF !!!...Thanking everyone for viewing and commenting...Happy Friday everyone...Ringgo
Nikon D90 Nikon AF-S VR Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Lens + Ringflash + Handheld
I don't know what it is, but it looks like it has flowerbeds inside the flowers.
Please view large and on black.
Explored.
Master of disguise...Many caterpillars are cryptically coloured and resemble the plants on which they feed and may even have parts that mimic plant parts such as thorns. Their size varies from as little as 1 mm to about 75 millimetres (3.0 in). Some look like objects in the environment such as bird droppings.
from Wikipedia
Nikon D90 + Tamron SP 90mm + Ringflash + Handheld.
Ok... so now I've got some more learning to do.
I'm trying something new & different (again)...
These are some of the first shots I took trying an extension tube in addition to the reverse lens.
Can't seem to get the eye & the proboscis on the same focal plane for a sharp shot on both.
DOF & lighting are still difficult ... focus is unforgiving as the slightest movement by me, the subject, or a slight breeze blowing knocks it out of focus ... but it's a fun challenge :)
Hand-held, manual focus, manual settings .. outside in the rain drizzle most of the time ...
sometimes using SB-600 & sometimes natural light and varying approx 3"-5" from subject
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The jumping spider is from the family Salticidae, in the order Araneae, and in the class of Arachnida. The name jumping spider? really refers to most any group of hunting spiders that have the ability to jump or leap anywhere from 10 all the way to 40 times their own body length. Depending the specie, the spider will either jump or walk. There are around 4,000 described species for the jumping spider alone making it the largest of all other spider species.
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This evil eyed bee was all over our Solomon Seal flowers! He would buzz around me every time I got near to the plant, I finally got a shot of him. Look at that eye, wow he was a mean guy! lol Have a wonderful Thursday!!!!
that was me - all over the place with this - simply nothing to lean on so this is about as good a shot as I can manage in natural light with reversed lens and absolutely no stabilisers...
Lots of breath holding with this one...
marmalade fly Episyrphus balteatus
reversed 18-55 @ 35mm
1/100
f4
iso 400
handheld, stacked
...I know this is Friday Night Photos of Love, but I had to throw some humor in tonight. I am sorry for posting and running this week...very busy, but there were three special birthdays this week. My deepest thanks to those that still visited my pics, even though I wasn't around.
...I hope you're enjoying a romantic evening with the one you love, my friends, and I hope you're enjoying it with a little humor, a little fun.
~~~ Suppertime ~~~ from The Little Shop of Horrors
...view on Black
*** thank you, my friends, for your wonderful support...seen in Explore #99 1/22/09 ***
The Snake (蛇) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac
According to Chinese Astrology, the Year of the Snake person is a smart person. They think of clever schemes in a cold calculating manner. This Chinese zodiac animal sign represents people who are loners and use others to achieve their aims and goals. Their Chinese horoscope makes for interesting reading. Their goals may be worthwhile for mankind or could be solely for the gain of the Snake person. Some people find them attractive because of their swift movement and slender silky beauty. Other people are repelled by the Year of the Snake person because of their perceived danger. Whatever - the person born in the Year of the Snake will invoke a strong reaction from people.
This stamp was issued back in 2001
Chinese New Year is on Feb 10, 2013
Our downtown streets here in Miami are lined with Royal Poinciana trees. Their delicate, lacy, fern-like leaves throw fascinating shadows on sidewalks, people and objects below.
In May blossoms appear. Glorious red buds unfold revealing a pleated ivory- and gold shield and surrounding red petals. The shield (or standard) petal creates a vibrant contrast displaying the central cluster of black-edged, red-stemmed, pollen-laden stamens.
After a week or so, the petals begin to fall, covering the ground in blazing red blossoms.
Royal Poinciana, Delonix regia
Biscayne Park FL
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A spider and her nest from our front yard. Does anyone know what type of spider this is. The picture was taken in Noth Carolina USA.
The above image is underwing of the dazzling Asian male leopard lacewing that composes of bright orange, yellow, or red, whereas females feature wing patterns with a gray or white background. Both sexes are sprinkled with blackish-blue spots and lining veins.
The leopard lacewing butterfly, which is scientifically known as Cethosia cyane, are found from India, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Two subspecies are described, one from India, Bhutan and Burma, and the other from northern Thailand and Indo-China.
Frequently observed in tropical and subtropical forests, during the rainy season leopard lacewing numbers increase dramatically. Hundreds of the butterflies may fly en masse, creating an amazing spectacle.
I have to admit, bougth the ball head more for the technical design than for his technical functionality.
Which is still top of the line. And I am very much satisfied with the performance.
this syrphid fly (otherwise known as a hoverfly) looks like he's taking a vacuum cleaner to the daisy
Happy Tuesday !
Is it pink Tuesday , or still Blue Monday?.. :-) this image qualifies for both I think?
Dedicated to my girlfriend, who I love and adore so so much, the person who is really responsible for both yesterday’s and today’s pictures. She encourages me to take (make) images and without her in the last year I think I would have been close to leaving my photography behind. Gratitude is a word that symbolises a lot that she gives me, ;-) I love you for everything.
I would guess many, many , many of us who just want our hobby recognised, should be grateful to our other halves? I know I am. Thank you. Maybe we should show it a bit more?
Also today, thank you all, I made that Flickr Explore thing with yesterday’s image. I have to admit I don’t understand it, but I know that I like almost all of the images I see there, so to be amongst them for the first time feels quite good.
Some questions tho… who chooses them and at the fear of being big headed I thought mine might be a bit better than one or two of those higher than mine (is that a bad thing to say) why is that?
Oh yeah and another question from a Flickr newbie, I have seen that some people might leave a comment on their own picture and attach to that a second version of their image or a screen shot, and that picture does not seem to appear in their photostream, how is that done?
Oh and I should say something about the picture! ;-) The flower is a pink gerberer, shot in the bathroom again, sprayed with water from underneath and shot using a ring flash on a low setting to reduce the "glare". I must make some kind of diffuser for that, I've heard plastic milk bottles are good? ;-)